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THE CENTENNIAL CELEBEATION ^£iMJ$
OF THE
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AT PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
MAY FIFTH -MAY SIXTH -MAY SEVENTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE
PRINCETON
AT THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
1912
This volume has been printed under the
supervision of
Benjamin B. Warfield
William P. Armstrong
Harold McA. Robinson
Committee
Copyright by the
Trustees of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church,
at Princeton, New Jersey, 1912
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Introductory Note 1
Responses from the Courts op the Presbyterian Church in the
United States op America 23
From the General Assembly 25
From the Synods (arranged alphabetically) 28
From the Presbyteries (arranged alphabetically) 48
From the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City . . 79
Responses from the Boards of the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States op America ... 83
The Board of Home Missions 85
The Board of Foreign Missions 85
The Board of Education 86
The Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work .... 86
The Board of the Church Erection Fund 87
The Board of Ministerial Relief 87
Responses from Other Ecclesiastical Bodies 89
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 91
The General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland . 92
The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland .... 93
The Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland ... 95
The Synod of the Presbyterian Church of England 96
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland . 97
The Synod of Ballymena and Coleraine of the Presbyterian Church
in Ireland 98
The Diocese of New Jersey of the Protestant Episcopal Church . 99
Responses from the Presiding Officers of Churches .... 101
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 103
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church
of Scotland 103
The Moderator Designate of the General Assembly of the United
Free Church of Scotland 104
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of
Scotland 105
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The Moderator of the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of
Scotland 105
The Moderator of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
of Scotland 106
The Moderator of the Synod of the United Original Seceders . . 107
The Moderator of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod in Ireland 107
The Moderator of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eng-
land 108
The Moderator for 1901 of the General Assembly of the Welsh
Calvinistic Methodist Connection 109
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in Canada 109
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Reformed Presby-
terian Church 110
The President of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in
the United States Ill
The President of the Northern Baptist Convention Ill
The Moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches 111
The Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States 112
The President of the General Council of the Reformed Episcopal
Church 112
The President of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in the United States of America 113
The President of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in North America 113
The President of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North
America 114
The President of the German Evangelical Synod of North Amer-
ica 114
The Secretary of the Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church 116
The Senior Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South . 116
The Chairman of the Christian Union Commission of the Dis-
ciples of Christ 117
The President of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church
of North America 117
Responses from Foreign Divinity Faculties 119
Scotland
The Faculty of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh . . . 121
The Faculty of Divinity in the University of Aberdeen . . . 122
New College, Edinburgh 124
The United Free Church College, Glasgow 125
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Church College at Aberdeen .
The Free Church College, Edinburgh 127
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The United Free Church College at Aberdeen 126
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Assembly's College, Belfast 129
M'Crea-Magee Presbyterian College, Londonderry 130
The Theological Faculty of Dublin University 130
ENGLAND
The Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford 131
The Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge .... 131
The Theological Faculty in the University of Durham .... 132
The Faculty of Theology, University of London, King's College . 132
The Faculty of Theology, University of London 133
Westminster College, Cambridge 133
New College and Hackney College, London 134
Mansfield College, Oxford 135
Baptist College, Regent's Park, N. W., London 136
Manchester College, Oxford 136
Wales
St. Davids College, Lampeter 137
Netherlands (and South Africa)
The Theological Faculty of the University of Amsterdam . . . 137
The Theological Faculty of the University of Groningen . . . 138
The Theological Faculty of the University of Leiden .... 139
The Theological Faculty of the University of Utrecht .... 140
The Theological Seminary of the Dutch Reformed Church, Stellen-
bosch, South Africa 141
Denmark
The Theological Faculty of the University of Copenhagen . . 141
Norway
The Theological Faculty of the University of Christiania ... 142
Finland
The Theological Faculty of the University of Helsingfors ... 143
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Germany
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The Theological Faculty of the University of Berlin . . . 143
The Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Bonn . 145
The Royal Lyceum of Braunsberg 145
The Theological Faculty of the University of Erlangen . . 146
The Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg i. B. . 146
The Theological Faculty of the Royal Bavarian Lyceum, Freising 147
The Theological Faculty of the University of Giessen . . . 148
The Theological Faculty of the University of Gbttingen . . 148
The Theological Faculty of the University of Halle- Wittenberg 149
The Theological Faculty of the University of Heidelberg . . 150
The Theological Faculty of the University of Jena .... 151
The Theological Faculty of the University of Konigsberg . . 151
The Theological Faculty of the University of Leipzig . . . 152
The Theological Faculty of the University of Marburg . . 153
The Theological Faculty of the University of Munich . . . 154
The Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of
Strassburg i. E 155
The Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of
Strassburg i. E 156
The Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of
Tubingen 157
The CathoUc Theological Faculty of the University of Tubingen 158
France (and Jerusalem)
The Catholic University of the West, Angers 158
The Catholic Faculties of Lyons 159
The Free Faculty of Protestant Theology, Montauban .... 159
The Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of Paris 161
The BibUcal School of Jerusalem 161
Belgium
The Catholic University of Louvain 162
Switzerland
The Theological Faculty of the University of Basel 162
The Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Bern . . 164
The Faculty of Theology of the University of Freiburg . . . 164
The Faculty of Theology of the University of Geneva .... 165
The Evangelical Theological Faculty of Geneva 166
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The Faculty of Theology of the Free Church of the Canton de
Vaud, Lausanne 168
The Faculty of Theology of the University of Neuchatel . . . 169
The Free Faculty of Theology of the Evangelical Church, Neu-
chatel 170
Austria
The Theological Faculty of the University of Innsbruck . . . 171
The Theological Faculty of Salzburg 171
The Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna 172
Hungary
The Faculty of Theology of the Royal Hungarian University,
Budapest 173
The Reformed Theological Academy, Budapest 174
The Theological Faculty of the Reformed College, Debreczen . . 175
The Unitarian Theological College, Klausenburg 178
The Reformed Theological Academy, Papa 179
The Reformed Theological Academy, Sarospatak 179
The Evangelical Theological Academy, Sopron (Oedenbourg) . 181
Bohemia
The Theological Faculty of the Royal Bohemian University, Prague 182
Canada
Knox College, Toronto 183
Queen's University, Kingston 184
The Presbyterian College, Montreal 185
Manitoba College, Winnipeg 185
Westminster Hall, Vancouver 186
The Faculty of Theology of Trinity College, Toronto .... 186
Wycliffe College, Toronto 187
Responses from Theological Schools in this Country (arranged
according to date of opening) 189
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America, New
Brunswick, N. J 191
St. Mary's University and Ecclesiastical Seminary, Baltimore, Md. 191
The Xenia Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio 192
Hartwick Seminary, Hartwick, N. Y 193
The Moravian College and Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa. 194
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Andover Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Mass 194
Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va 195
Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, Me 196
The General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, New York City 197
Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, N. Y 197
Theological Seminary, Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. . . 198
The Divinity School of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. . . 198
The Allegheny Theological Seminary, North Side, Pittsburgh . . 199
The Newton Theological Institution, Newton Centre, Mass. . . 200
The Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the United
States, Lancaster, Pa 200
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa 201
The Western Theological Seminary, North Side, Pittsburgh . . 202
Columbia Theological Seminary, Columbia, S. C 202
Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio 203
McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago 203
Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn 204
Oberlin Theological Seminary, Oberlin, Ohio 204
Union Theological Seminary, New York City 205
Meadville Theological School, Meadville, Pa 206
Wittenberg College, Hamma Divinity School, Springfield, Ohio . 206
German (Eden) Evangelical Missouri College, St. Louis, Mo. . . 207
Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, N. Y 207
Dubuque German College and Seminary, Dubuque, la. . . . . 208
Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn 209
Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, 111 209
Eureka College, Department of Sacred Literature, Eureka, 111. . 210
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa. . 211
St. John's University Ecclesiastical Seminary, Collegeville, Minn. 211
St. Lawrence University, Canton Theological School, Canton, N. Y. 212
Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago 212
Niagara University Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, Niagara
Falls, N. Y 213
Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minn 213
The Mission House, Plymouth, Wis 214
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. . . 215
Augustana College and Theological Seminary, Rock Island, 111. . 216
Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Mo 216
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mount Airy, Philadelphia . . 217
De Lancey Divinity School, Geneva, N. Y 218
The University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago .... 218
Atlanta Baptist College Divinity. School, Atlanta, Ga 219
Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J 219
Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass 220
Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa 220
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Theological Department, The University of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn 220
The German Theological School of Newark, N. J., Bloomfield, N. J. 221
Pacific Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Cal 221
Woodstock College, Woodstock, Md 222
The Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Chicago 223
Alfred Theological Seminary, Alfred, N. Yv 223
Howard University, Theological Department, Washington, D. C. 224
The San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, Cal. . . 224
Talladega College, Theological Department, Talladega, Ala. . . 225
Theological School and Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich. . . 225
Westminster Theological Seminary, Westminster, Md 226
The Temple University, Department of Theology, Philadelphia . 227
Western Theological Seminary, Chicago 227
University of Southern California, Maclay College of Theology,
Los Angeles, Cal 228
The Catholic University of America, School of Sacred Sciences,
Washington, D. C 228
Saint Leo Abbey, Saint Leo, Fla 229
The Seminary of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church, Saint
Anthony Park, Minn 230
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Omaha, Neb 230
Houghton Wesleyan Methodist Theological Seminary, Houghton,
N. Y 231
Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky, Louisville, Ky. 231
Western Theological Seminary, Atchison, Kan 234
Taylor University, Reade Theological Seminary, Upland, Ind. . 234
Turner Theological Seminary, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga. 235
Eugene Bible University, Eugene, Ore 235
Manchester College, Biblical Department, North Manchester, Ind. 236
School of Theology, Kansas City University, Kansas City, Kan. . 237
Westminster College, Theological Department, Tehuacana, Texas 238
Virginia Union University, Theological Department, Richmond,
Va 238
Atlanta Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga 239
Meridian Male College, School of Theology and Evangelism,
Meridian, Miss 240
Austin Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas 240
Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry, Berkeley, Cal. . . . 241
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth,
Texas 242
Central Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the
United States, Dayton, Ohio 242
Pacific Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, Olympia, Wash. . . . 243
St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, Cal 244
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Responses from Missionary Seminaries 245
Africa
Albert Academy, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa . . . 247
Elat Theological School, Elat, Kamerun, West Africa .... 247
Union Theological College, Impolweni, near Maritzburg, Natal . 248
Theological Training School, Ogbomoso, Southern Nigeria, West
Africa 249
Brazil
Seminario Theologico da Egreja Presbyteriana no Brasil,
Campinas 250
Bulgaria
The American Collegiate and Theological Institute, Samokov . . 250
Burma
Karen Theological Seminary, Insein 251
China
Fati Theological College, Canton 252
The Graves Theological School, Canton 253
Union Theological School, Foochow 253
Nanking Union Theological Seminary, Nanking 254
Theological School of Shaowu, Foochow 254
St. John's University, Shanghai 255
Ashmore Theological Seminary, Swatow 256
Denmark
Methodist Theological Seminary, Copenhagen 257
India
United Theological College, Bangalore 257
Bapatla Normal Training School, Bapatla 258
Bareilly Theological Seminary, Bareilly 259
American Baptist Telugu Mission, Theological Seminary, Rama-
patnam 260
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Saharanpur 261
Italy
Scvola Teologica Battista, Rome 261
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Japan
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The Kobe Theological School, Kobe 262
Theological School of the Kwansei Gakuin, Kobe 263
The Doshisha Theological School, Kyoto 263
North Japan College, Sendai 264
Japan Baptist Theological Seminary, Tokyo 265
Meiji Gakuin, Tokyo 265
Mexico
Colegio Internaeional, Guadalajara 266
Persia
Theological Department, Urumia College, Urumia 266
Philippine Islands
Iloilo Bible School, Iloilo 267
Porto Rico
The Presbyterian Theological Training School, Mayagiiez . . 268
Syria
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Beirut 268
TURKEY-IN-ASIA
Marash Theological Seminary, Marash 269
Western Turkey Theological Seminary, Marsovan 270
Responses from Universities and Colleges 271
The Board of Trustees of Princeton University 273
Canada
Dalhousie University, Halifax 273
The University of Toronto 274
United States of America (arranged according to date of opening)
Harvard University 275
Yale University 275
University of Pennsylvania 276
Brown University 276
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Rutgers College 277
Dartmouth College 277
Washington and Lee University 278
Dickinson College 278
Hampden-Sidney College 279
University of North Carolina 280
Williams College 281
Union University 281
Middlebury College 282
Washington and Jefferson College 282
Miami University 283
Columbia University 283
University of Pittsburgh 284
Amherst College 284
Franklin and Marshall College 285
Lafayette College 285
New York University 286
Pennsylvania College 287
Wabash College 288
Delaware College 288
Hanover College 289
Marietta College 289
Transylvania University 290
Davidson College 290
University of Michigan 290
Westminster College, Pa 291
The College of the City of New York 292
Lake Forest College 292
Macalester College 293
Lincoln University 293
Park College 294
Parsons College 294
Southwestern Presbyterian University 295
Bellevue College 295
Coe College 296
The College of Emporia 296
New Windsor College 296
Alma College 297
List of Delegates 299
Programme op Exercises 319
Sermons and Addresses 337
Princeton Seminary and the Faith, by Rev. Francis Landey
Patton, D.D., LL.D 339
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A Little Book of Love and Life, by Rev. Ethelbert Dudley War-
field, D.D., LL.D 369
The Function and the Glory of the Ministry of Grace, by Rev.
John Fleming Carson, D.D., LL.D 381
The Making of a Minister, by Rev. Russell Cecil, D.D. . . . 393
Princeton in the Work of the Pastorate, by Rev. William Leonard
McEwan, D.D 403
Princeton on the Mission Field, by Robert Elliott Speer, D.D. . 418
Princeton in Theological Education and Religious Thought, by
Rev. William Hallock Johnson, Ph.D 437
Princeton in its Early Environment and Work, by Charles Beatty
Alexander, LL.D 455
On Some Church Problems, by Right Rev. Alexander Stewart,
M.A., D.D 468
A Scottish Estimate of Princeton Theology, by Right Rev. James
Wells, M.A., D.D 484
Irish and American Presbyterianism, by Right Rev. John Macmil-
lan, B.A., D.D 499
Congratulatory Addresses
From the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
by Rev. William Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D 526
From the Other Presbyterian and Reformed Churches, by Rev.
John Crawford Scouller, D.D 535
From Other Churches, by Right Rev. David Hummell Greer, D.D.,
S.T.D., LL.D 539
From the Seminaries of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, by Rev. James Gore King McClure,
D.D., LL.D 542
From the Seminaries of Other Churches, I, by Rev. Williston
Walker, Ph.D., D.D., L.H.D 549
From the Seminaries of Other Churches, II, by Rev. Edgar Young
Mullins, D.D., LL.D 553
From Princeton University, by Rev. John Grier Hibben, Ph.D.,
LL.D 558
Response to Congratulatory Addresses
By Rev. Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D 563
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Facsimile of the catalogue of Princeton Theological
Seminary for the year 1821, the earliest catalogue
extant frontispiece
Facsimile of the Response from the Faculty of Divin-
ity in the University of Aberdeen . . . facing p. 119
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
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The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America," located at
Princeton, New Jersey, was founded in 1812. The story
of its foundation is embedded in the following extracts
from the Minutes of the General Assembly.
The Committee [of Overtures] also laid before the Assembly an
overture from the Presbytery of Philadelphia, for the establishment
of a theological school.
The overture was read, and the Rev. Dr. Dwight, and the Rev.
Messrs. Irwin, Hosack, Romeyn, Anderson, Lyle, Burch, Lacey, and
Messrs. Bayard, Slaymaker, and Harrison, elders, were appointed a
committee to take the overture into consideration, and report upon it.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 23rd, 1809, re-
print, p. 417.)
The committee to which was referred the overture in relation to
the establishment of a Theological School, brought in the following
report, which being read, was adopted, viz.
The committee appointed on the subject of a Theological School
overtured from the Presbytery of Philadelphia, report :
That three modes of compassing this important object have pre-
sented themselves to their consideration.
The first is, to establish one great school in some convenient place,
near the centre of the bounds of our Church.
The second is, to establish two schools, in such places as may best
accommodate the northern and southern divisions of the Church.
The third is, to establish such a school within the bounds of each
of the Synods. . . .
Your committee therefore submit the following resolution, to wit :
Resolved, That the above plans be submitted to all the Presbyteries
within the bounds of the General Assembly for their consideration.
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and that they be careful to send up to the next Assembly, at their
sessions in May 1810, their opinions on the subject.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 27th, 1809,
reprint, pp. 430, 431.)
The committee appointed to examine the reports of the several
Presbyteries on the subject of Theological Schools . . . reported. . . .
On motion,
Resolved, That the same committee, with the addition of Messrs.
Henry A. Rowland, and John M. Wilson, be instructed to consider
the subject of Theological Schools, and report to the Assembly,
whether in their opinion any thing, and if any thing, what is proper
farther to be done.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 21st, 1810, re-
print, p. 439.)
The committee appointed to present to the Assembly a plan for
the establishment of a Theological School, reported, and the report
was laid on the table.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 29th, 1810, re-
print, p. 453.)
The committee appointed farther to consider the subject of Theo-
logical Schools, reported, and the report being read and amended,
was adopted, and is as follows, viz. . . .
Resolved . . .
2. That the General Assembly will, in the name of the great Head
of the Church, immediately attempt to establish a seminary for
securing to candidates for the ministry, more extensive and efficient
theological instruction than they have heretofore enjoyed. The local
situation of this seminary is hereafter to be determined. . . .
5. That the Rev. Drs. Green, Woodhull, Romeyn, and Miller, the
Rev. Messrs. Archibald Alexander, James Richards, and Amzi Arm-
strong be a committee to digest and prepare a plan of a Theological
Seminary. . . . This plan is to be reported to the next General As-
sembly. . . .
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 30th, 1810, re-
print, pp. 453, 454.)
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The report of the committee appointed by the last Assembly to
digest and prepare a plan of a Theological Seminary, was read ; and
the consideration of it was made the order of the day for tomorrow
morning.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 17th, 1811, re-
print, p. 465.)
An extract from the minutes of the Trustees of the College of
New Jersey, stating the appointment of a committee of their board,
to confer with a committee of this Assembly, on the establishment of
a Theological School, being received, was read, and Drs. Alexander,
and Nott, the Rev. John P. Campbell, Messrs. Connelly, and Bethune,
were appointed a committee to confer with the committee of the
Trustees.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 18th, 1811, re-
print, p. 466.)
The order of the day, viz. the consideration of a plan of a Theo-
logical Seminary, submitted by a committee appointed by the last
Assembly, was called up, and the discussion of it was postponed to
hear the report of the committee appointed to confer with a com-
mittee of the Trustees of New Jersey College.
This committee reported among other things, that they deem it
expedient on the part of this Assembly, to appoint a committee with
ample powers to meet a committee on the part of the Trustees of
the College of New Jersey, invested with similar powers to frame the
plan of a constitution for the Theological Seminary, containing the
fundamental principles of a union with the Trustees of that College,
and the Seminary already established by them, which shall never be
changed or altered without the mutual consent of both parties, pro-
vided that it should be deemed proper to locate the Assembly's
Seminary at the same place with that of the College.
Resolved, That a committee for these purposes be appointed
accordingly; and that said committee be further instructed, and
invested with powers to receive any propositions which may be made
to them for locating the said seminary in any other situation if it be
found expedient; all which shall be fairly and fully reported to
the next Assembly.
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This report was adopted, and a resolution passed to elect said
committee in the afternoon.
The subject of locating the Theological Seminary being discussed,
it was determined by a vote of the Assembly that the rivers Raritan
and Potomac be the limits, within which the Seminary shall be
located.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 22nd, 1811,
reprint, pp. 470, 471.)
Agreeably to the resolution of the forenoon, an election was held
for a committee to meet with a committee of the Trustees of New
Jersey College, and the ballot being taken, Drs. Alexander, Wilson
and Milledoler, the Rev. Messrs. John McDowell and Janeway, and
Messrs. Robert Ralston, and Divie Bethune, were declared duly
elected to compose said committee of the Assembly.
Resolved, That Dr. Alexander be the chairman of this committee,
and that he have power to appoint the time and place of the first
meeting of the committee, and that he give notice accordingly to the
members.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 22nd, 1811,
reprint, p. 471.)
The order of the day was again called up ; and after some progress
made in reading the report of the committee appointed by last As-
sembly, to draw up a plan of a Theological School, the farther read-
ing and consideration of said report was postponed till tomorrow
morning.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 22nd, 1811,
reprint, p. 471.)
The order for the day was again called up ; and after making
considerable progress in reading the report by paragraphs, and
making a number of amendments and alterations in it, the Assembly
adjourned until four o'clock P. M.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 23rd, 1811,
reprint, p. 472.)
The order for the day was again resumed, and the reading of
the report of the committee appointed by last Assembly to draw up
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a plan for a Theological School, was finished, except articles 7th and
9th, which were referred to the consideration of next Assembly. The
report being thus far corrected and amended, was adopted.
Resolved, That the committee which reported the plan for a Theo-
logical School, be continued; that they print for circulation in the
churches, so much of the plan as has been adopted by the Assembly ;
and that they digest and prepare such farther provisions and regu-
lations for said seminary as they may judge to be necessary, and
report the same to the next Assembly.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 23rd, 1811, re-
print, p. 472.)
Resolved, That the committee appointed to confer with a com-
mittee of the Trustees of the College of New Jersey, be, and they
hereby are instructed to consider the several articles of the plan of a
Theological Seminary, so far as the same are adopted by this Assem-
bly, as their guide in the proposed conference, which they shall in
no case contravene.
{Minutes of the General Assembly, May 24th, 1811, re-
print, p. 479.)
It being the order of the day, the report of the committee on the
subject of locating the Theological Seminary was called up.
A motion was made and seconded, that said seminary be located
at Princeton. After considerable discussion on the motion, the
Assembly
Adjourned till 4 o'clock P. M.
{Minutes of the General Assembly, May 26th, 1812, re-
print, p. 496.)
The discussion of the motion made in the forenoon was resumed,
and after still farther discussion of the subject, the Assembly
Adjourned till 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 26th, 1812,
reprint, p. 496.)
The subject left unfinished yesterday afternoon was again re-
sumed.
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A motion was made and seconded, that the subject of locating the
Theological School be postponed for the present year, and recom-
mended to the attention of the next Assembly.
The question being taken was determined in the negative.
The original motion was then called up, and was amended, and
with the amendment is as follows :
Resolved, That Princeton be the site of the Theological Seminary,
leaving the subject open as to its permanency, agreeably to the stipu-
lations agreed upon by the joint committee of the last Assembly and
the Trustees of the College of New Jersey. After some discussion of
the resolution thus amended, the Assembly adjourned till 4 o'clock,
P.M.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 27th, 1812,
reprint, p. 496.)
The subject of locating the Theological Seminary was again called
up, and being under discussion, the Assembly adjourned till nine
o'clock, tomorrow morning.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 27th, 1812,
reprint, p. 496.)
The resolution for locating the Theological Seminary was again
resumed, and after considerable discussion, and special prayer for
direction on the important subject, was adopted, and is as follows,
viz.
Resolved, That Princeton be the site of the Theological Seminary,
leaving the subject open as to its permanency, agreeably to the stipu-
lations agreed upon by the joint committees of the last Assembly and
the Trustees of the College of New Jersey.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 28th, 1812,
reprint, p. 497.)
The following plan of an agreement between a committee ap-
pointed by the last General Assembly, and a committee of the Trus-
tees of the College of New Jersey, for the location and establishment
of a Theological Seminary, was submitted to this Assembly, and was
adopted, and is as follows, viz.
1. That the Theological Seminary, about to be erected by the
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General Assembly, shall have its location in Princeton or its imme-
diate vicinity, in the state of New Jersey; and in such connexion
with the College of New Jersey, as is implied in the following
articles. . . .
9. . . . And the Trustees engage that, while the Theological Semi-
nary shall remain at Princeton, no professorship of theology shall
be established in the College. . . .
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 28th, 1812.
reprint, pp. 499, 500.)
Resolved, That an election for Directors of the Theological Semi-
nary, and for a Professor of Didactic and Polemic Divinity, and
other Professors, if the Assembly think proper, be held on Saturday
morning next. . . .
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 28th, 1812.
reprint, p. 501.)
Nominations were made for Directors of the Theological Seminary.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 29th, 1812,
reprint, p. 504.)
It being the order of the day, the Assembly proceeded to the
election of Directors of the Theological Seminary. . . .
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 30th, 1812, re-
print, p. 508; for the names, see p. 509.)
The order of the day, viz. the election of professor or professors
in the Theological Seminary, was postponed until Monday morning,
next.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 30th, 1812,
reprint, p. 509.)
The election for a Professor of Didactic and Polemic Divinity,
was postponed till tomorrow morning.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, June 1st, 1812,
reprint, p. 510.)
It being the order of the day for this morning, the Assembly
proceeded to the election of a Professor of Didactic and Polemic
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Divinity in the Theological Seminary. After special prayer for
direction on the subject, the ballots were taken and read, and the
Rev. Archibald Alexander, D.D., was declared duly elected. The
election being closed, a special prayer was made for a divine blessing
upon the Professor and the Theological Seminary.
Drs. Green and Hall were appointed a committee to wait on Dr.
Alexander, and inform him of his appointment.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, June 2nd, 1812,
reprint, p. 512.)
Resolved, That the directors of the Theological Seminary be
directed to meet at Princeton, the last Tuesday in June, at 3 o'clock
P. M., and afterward on their own adjournments; and Dr. Green
was directed to write to those directors who were not present and
give them notice of the meeting.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, June 2nd, 1812,
reprint, pp. 512, 513.)
It being the order of the day for this morning, the directors of
the Theological Seminary reported . . .
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 26th, 1813,
reprint, p. 526.)
The subject of locating the Theological Seminary having been
postponed yesterday, was called up this morning, and after a full
discussion of the subject, the following resolution was adopted, viz.
Resolved, That the permanent location of the Theological Semi-
nary be in the borough of Princeton, New Jersey, in conformity with
the agreement with the Trustees of the College, signed at Princeton,
June 26th, 1811, and ratified by the General Assembly at their
sessions in May, 1812.
(Minutes of the General Assembly, May 27th, 1813,
reprint, p. 533.)
The history of the actual opening of the Seminary is
recounted in the first report of the Board of Directors,
made to the General Assembly of 1813. As this docu-
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ment is not included in the reprint of the Minutes of the
General Assembly, it is not generally accessible. It is,
therefore, reproduced here in full :
The Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States of America, through the good
hand of their God upon them, are enabled to present this their First
Report to the General Assembly, under circumstances favourable and
encouraging. According to appointment, they met on the 30th of
June, 1812, in Princeton, and chose the Rev. Dr. Ashbel Green their
President, the Rev. Dr. Philip Milledoler their Vice President, and
the Rev. John M'Dowell, Secretary. The various and important
duties committed to their trust, they have endeavoured conscien-
tiously to fulfil, in humble, but firm confidence in that glorious Re-
deemer, who hath promised to be with his people to the end of the
world. The account of their stewardship, they will now give with
simplicity and fidelity ; and then suggest such measures as they may
deem worthy of the Assembly's notice.
For the sake of perspicuity they will arrange the narrative of
their proceedings under distinct heads.
I. OF THE PROFESSOR AND HIS INAUGURATION
At their first meeting, the Directors received information from
the Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander of his acceptance of the office
of Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology in the Seminary.
They immediately made the necessary arrangements to procure from
the Presbytery of Philadelphia the dissolution of the pastoral con-
nexion between him and his congregation, as also to inaugurate him
into the office of Professor, in the event of such dissolution. On the
12th of August, the certificate of Dr. Alexander's dismission from
his charge being presented to the Board, they did solemnly inaugu-
rate him as Professor. The discourses delivered on that occasion
have, by their order, been printed, under the impression that these
discourses would "fully make known to the Christian public the
views and designs with which the Institution under their care had
been founded, and was then opened for the reception of pupils."
The Assembly by noticing this publication will promote the object
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of the Board, and the interests of the Infant Seminary, of which
they are the guardians.
II. THE STUDENTS
On the day of the inauguration, William Blair, John Covert, and
Henry Blatchford, were received by the Board as students in the
Seminary. Subsequent to that period, Leverett I. F. Huntington,
William A. M'Dowell, James H. Parmele, Henry R. Weed, Halsey
Wood, and Benjamin F. Stanton, have been received. One of these,
viz. William A. M'Dowell, who was far advanced in his Theological
course before he entered the Seminary, has been licensed to preach
the gospel by the Presbytery of New Brunswick. The remaining
eight are still in the Seminary. The term of their probation being
expired, the Professor, whose duty it is to report any who may be
unqualified to proceed, has informed the Board that 'the capacity of
every student in this Seminary, for the acquisition of knowledge, is
respectable, and most of them may by care and exercise become
good speakers. Their character, for piety and good conduct, he adds,
is irreproachable. Their diligence in prosecuting their studies and
cheerful compliance with the directions of their teacher deserve com-
mendation. '
IU. THE PLAN OF STUDIES
The Board cannot better exhibit this, than in the words of the
Professor in his report to them. 'The attention of the students for
that part of the first year which is past, has been directed, in the
first place, to the original languages in which the Sacred Scriptures
were written; and, in the next place, to the English translation of
the Scriptures, which they have been reading in order. In connexion
with these studies, they have paid attention to Patriarchal and
Mosaical rites and institutions; to Jewish antiquities and oriental
customs ; to Scriptural Chronology and Geography ; and to the con-
nexion between sacred and profane history, and between the Old
and New Testaments. They have been required to read composi-
tions and speak orations of their own composing, agreeably to the
plan of the Seminary adopted by the General Assembly. The Pro-
fessor would observe, however, that both himself and students experi-
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enced considerable inconvenience from the want of suitable compends
on the several branches which they attempted to pursue. The know-
ledge sought was often contained in massy folios, and mostly in
foreign languages ; and such books as would have been convenient in
size and suitable for our purposes, in many instances, were out of
our reach; or so few copies could be obtained, that the whole class
could not pursue the studies at once. Your Professor has done
the best in his power to supply this deficiency by collecting scraps,
and making translations and abridgments from every work which
he could find suitable to his purpose. The labour which this re-
quired he does not regret to have bestowed, as he is convinced that
the employment has been profitable to himself, as well as useful to
the students. '
IV. ACCOMMODATION OF THE STUDENTS
The students of the Seminary have been well accommodated, both
as it relates to boarding and lodging in the College : for the most part
they have been room mates, and in the refectory have eaten together
at a separate table. On the subject of the aid expected from the
charitable funds under the controul of the Trustees of New Jersey
College, the Directors deem it their duty to state the following facts.
In November last, at the meeting of a number of the Trustees of the
College, (a quorum of the Board not being convened,) the President
was advised to afford to the students of the Seminary such assistance
as they might need for the winter and spring then ensuing. In
consequence of this advice, the price of board, to all who chose to
receive it, has hitherto been reduced to one dollar per week ; and the
whole expenses of one student in the articles of board and room rent,
have been defrayed from the funds of the College. At a meeting of
the Board of the Trustees of the College, on the 13th of the present
month, they passed the following resolutions : viz.
1. That on account of the absence of certain members of the Board
who have heretofore had under their consideration some points per-
taining to this subject, a final decision thereon be postponed until
the next meeting.
2. That, in the mean time, the students in the Theological Semi-
nary, with respect to pecuniary accommodation, be treated in all
respects as ordinary students of College.
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On these resolutions the Directors remark, that the Theological
Seminary will be in session less than three months before the next
meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College— that the deficiency
in the support of the students of the Seminary, for these three months,
occasioned by the resolutions recited, has been provided for by a
private appropriation— that they cherish a sanguine expectation, not
only from the articles of stipulation between the Assembly and the
Trustees of the College, but also from the acts of the Trustees them-
selves, and from information received relative to the prevalent senti-
ments of the members of the Board of Trustees, that the Board will,
at their next meeting, give considerable assistance in the support of
the students of the Seminary — that the better to insure the obtaining
of this assistance, the Assembly should enjoin on the Board of Direc-
tors to recommend a specific number of the Theological students as
candidates for the aid, stipulated in the last article of the agreement
entered into between them and the Assembly.
The Professor, in his report to the Board, states, ' that no collision,
jealousy, or unpleasant feelings of any kind, have arisen between
the Theological students and those of the College. As far as is
known to him, they have been uniformly treated with the respect
due to their station. From the President and faculty of College,
every accommodation and friendly attention has been afforded which
it was in their power to bestow; and from the inhabitants of the
town and vicinity the students have received many civilities. '
The Board feel extremely gratified in stating to the Assembly,
that experience has proved, thus far, that the two institutions have
had a mutual influence in promoting each other's benefit. The stu-
dents of the Theological Seminary, by their respectable personal
characters, as well as their exemplary deportment, have recom-
mended to the students of the College, with whom they live upon
terms of the greatest cordiality and friendship, the religion of Jesus
Christ. In return they have received many advantages, from their
connexion with and residence in the College. The majority of them
are members of the literary societies. Of those societies they re-
ceive the common benefits, and the use of their libraries. Besides
this, they have the President's promise, that he will give them lec-
tures and lessons on the composition and structure of sermons, and
on elocution. They have, moreover, the opportunity of attending the
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course of instruction in religion which the President gives to the
students of the College.
V. OF THE FUNDS
The Board have not judged it expedient to publish an address to
the Christian public, for aiding the funds of the institution as
directed by the Assembly. They have, however, sent a circular letter
to the Presbyterian congregations in the cities and towns of Savan-
nah, Augusta, Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Trenton, Prince-
ton, New Brunswick, Elizabethtown, Morristown, Orange, Newark,
New York, Hudson, Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and Lansingburg;
requesting them to take up a public collection in each of them, to aid
in defraying the expenses of the Seminary for the present year.
Nearly $1000 have been reported to the Board as thus collected : viz.
1st Congregation in Baltimore, $107.56
2d do. Philadelphia, 146.18
3d do. do. 54.63
Elizabethtown, 103.62
Brick Church, in New York, 204.63
Wall-street, do. do 180.00
Rutger's-street, do. do 94.15
In addition to this the Rev. Mr. M 'Do well reported a
donation from Mrs. Susan Niemceriez, of Elizabeth-
town, of 50.00
Total $940.77
Of this sum, the collections made in the 2d and 3d congregations
in Philadelphia are requested by the donors to be appropriated to
the reduction of the board of the students; and with the consent of
the Assembly will be thus used by the Directors.
The Board have directed the Treasurer of the Trustees of the
Assembly to invest the funds of the Seminary uniformly in the
public funded debt of the United States.
They have also adopted the following plan for a permanent and
contingent fund.
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First, Resolved, That all the subscriptions, donations, and legacies
now in hand, as well as those which shall be hereafter collected, con-
stitute a permanent fund. The principal or capital of this fund,
not to be broken upon, except by very urgent circumstances; such
as the building of houses for the Seminary— the purchase of a library,
or other indispensable calls, incident to the infant state of the
Seminary.
Second, Resolved, That the contingent fund be formed by the
interest of the permanent fund; by the amount of the collections
made in the congregations as heretofore recommended; by the
special draughts on the permanent fund, if they shall be found
indispensable; and by any donations that may be specially appro-
priated to this purpose: and that the contingent fund defray the
expenses of the year ; and that if, in any year, there be a surplusage,
it be added to the capital of the permanent fund.
The Directors, finally, on this subject, with pleasure, inform the
Assembly, that Richard Stockton, esq. of the borough of Princeton,
has promised to convey to the Rev. John M'Dowell, Samuel Bayard,
esq. and Dr. John Van Cleeve, as Trustees in behalf of this Board,
or the survivors, or survivor, and their heirs respectively, a lot of
four acres of land for the use of the Seminary, provided it be located
in the said borough.
VI. EXAMINATION OF THE STUDENTS
The Directors have, during this month, attended to an examina-
tion of the students of the Seminary on the Hebrew language, Patri-
archal and Mosaical Institutions, Jewish Antiquities, Scriptural
Chronology and Geography, Biblical history, connexion between
Sacred and Profane history, and between the history of the Old
and New Testament. The Professor informed the Board, that the
students were prepared to be examined on the original Greek of the
gospels, and on a select number of Campbell 's critical disputations ;
but their examination on these subjects was omitted for want of time.
The examination afforded the Board much satisfaction in regard
to the fidelity and diligence of the Professor, and the proficiency of
the students. They cannot but cherish the hope that these young
men will fully realize the expectation of the friends of this insti-
tution.
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VII. OF THE LIBRARY
An appropriation of $100 has been made for the purchase of
books immediately wanted ; of which sum $77.49 has been expended.
For the purpose of increasing the library, the Board at an early
period resolved, that every Director should solicit donations in books.
The success of different applications in procuring books, has encour-
aged the Board to continue the resolution.
VIII. OF RESIGNATIONS
The Rev. Dr. Milledoler, having left the Presbyterian Church, and
connected himself with the Reformed Dutch church, has resigned
his office as Vice President. His place as Director must therefore be
considered as resigned. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller has been elected
Vice President in his place.
The Rev. Dr. Alexander has declined taking his seat as a Director,
in consequence of his acceptance of the office of Professor.
The Rev. Dr. James P. Wilson has also sent in a letter to the
Board, resigning his seat as a Director, in consequence of his ill
health.
IX. OF EXPENDITURES
Of the $3000 appropriated by the Assembly to the order of the
Board, the following sums have been expended : viz.
To removing Dr. Alexander's effects from Philadelphia
to Princeton, $22.03
To do. do. Mr. Haslet, 44.75
To blank book for Minutes, 7.00
To two do. for other uses, 475
To books for the use of the students of the Seminary, . 77.49
To printing Discourses delivered on the occasion of Dr.
Alexander's inauguration, 216.10
To rent of the Professor's house, 125.00
To stationary, &c, 10.75
To Professor's salary, three quarters, 1350.00
To balance unexpended, 1142.13
$3000.00
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In connexion with this report, and as a part of their duty, the
Directors recommend the three following subjects to the Assembly,
as demanding their notice.
1. The immediate appointment of an additional professor. The
necessity of this measure must be obvious to every reflecting person.
One man cannot do justice to any number of students in prosecuting
their theological studies. And it should be recollected, to use the
language of the Professor in his report to this Board, ' that the whole
of his time has been occupied in attending to those branches which
do not properly belong to his department, so that he has had very
little opportunity of preparing for the duties of his office in that
branch of Theology which has been assigned him.' In the present
state of our Seminary, it is of the last importance that we should
form its character so as to procure the approbation and patronage
of the Christian public. To secure this, we must place it upon a level
with other institutions of a similar kind in this country, especially
in the number of its Professors, and the consequent increase of ad-
vantages to the students.
2. Some provision ought to be made by the Assembly to assist in
defraying the expenses of the students.
3. The Seminary ought to be permanently located.
In concluding their report, the Directors congratulate the Assem-
bly on the present state and future prospects of their infant Semi-
nary. Considering the difficulties attending such an institution,
they have every reason to calculate, under the smiles of Divine
Providence, upon final and complete success. Should they, however,
fail, (which may God forbid,) they will have the satisfaction of fail-
ing in a noble cause.
Signed by order of the Board of Directors,
Ashbel Green, President,
Zechariah Lewis, Sec'ry pro tern.
Extract from the Minutes of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,
A.D. 1813, pp. 73-81.)
As the completion of the first hundred, years of the
Seminary's service to the Church approached, prepara-
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tions began to be made for an appropriate commemora-
tion of its century's work. In the autumn of 1908, the
Faculty presented a memorial to the Board of Directors,
suggesting the appointment of a joint committee of three
members each of the Board of Directors, the Board of
Trustees and the Faculty, to take the matter in hand. A
committee was accordingly formed, consisting, on the
part of the Directors, of President E. D. Warfield, the
Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, and the Hon. William M.
Lanning; on the part of the Trustees, of the Rev. Drs.
John Dixon and David Magie, and William P. Steven-
son, Esq. ; and on the part of the Faculty, of President
F. L. Patton and the Rev. Drs. B. B. Warfield and Wil-
liam Brenton Greene, Jr. Power was given this com-
mittee to appoint a Secretary and to add to its numbers.
The enlarged committee ultimately consisted of the
following gentlemen: President Francis L. Patton,
Chairman ; Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, Secretary ; Rev.
Dr. George Alexander, Rev. Dr. Maitland Alexander,
R. M. Anderson, Esq., Rev. Prof. William P. Arm-
strong, Rev. Sylvester W. Beach, Silas B. Brownell,
Esq., Rev. Dr. John Dixon, Rev. J. H. Dulles, Rev. Dr.
John Fox, Rev. Dr. William Brenton Greene, Jr.,
Rev. Dr. C. Wistar Hodge, E. Francis Hyde, Esq.,
Rev. C. A. R. Janvier, Rev. Dr. John B. Laird, Hon.
Wm. M. Lanning, Rev. Dr. W. L. McEwan, Prof. Kerr
D. Macmillan, Prof. Wm. F. Magie, Charles H. Mathews,
Esq., H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Esq., E. H. Perkins,
Esq., Rev. Dr. William Henry Roberts, Rev. Dr. J.
Ross Stevenson, William P. Stevenson, Esq., Rev. Dr.
B. B. Warfield, and President E. D. Warfield. The work
of this general Centennial Committee was carried on
through an Executive Committee of seven members with
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its sub-committee of three, and a number of specific com-
mittees, as follows :
Executive Committee: President Francis L. Patton,
Chairman; Rev. Sylvester W. Beach, Silas B. Brownell,
Esq., Rev. Dr. John B. Laird, Hon. Wm. M. Lanning,
Rev. Dr. B. B. Warfield, President E. D. Warfield.
Sub-Committee of the Executive Committee: Rev. Dr.
B. B. Warfield, Chairman; Rev. Sylvester W. Beach,
President Francis L. Patton.
Committee on Entertainment: Rev. Sylvester W.
Beach, Chairman; R. M. Anderson, Esq., Rev. Prof.
William P. Armstrong, Prof. Kerr D. Macmillan, Prof.
William F. Magie.
Committee on Invitation: Rev. J. H. Dulles, Chair-
man; Rev. Dr. William Brenton Greene, Jr., Rev. Dr.
C. Wistar Hodge, Rev. Dr. W. L. McEwan, Rev. Dr.
William Henry Roberts.
Committee on Programme: Rev. Dr. B. B. Warfield,
Chairman ; Rev. Dr. Maitland Alexander, Rev. Dr. John
Fox, Charles H. Mathews, Esq., President Francis L.
Patton.
Committee on Arrangements: Prof. Kerr D. Mac-
millan, Chairman; Rev. J. H. Dulles, Prof. William F.
Magie.
Committee on Music: Rev. Prof. Wm. P. Armstrong,
Chairman ; Rev. J. H. Dulles, Prof. Kerr D. Macmillan.
Committee from the Faculty on the Volume of Bibli-
cal and Theological Studies: President Francis L. Pat-
ton, Chairman ; Rev. Dr. B. B. Warfield, Rev. Dr. J. D.
Davis.
Committee on Publication of the Commemoration
Volume: Rev. Dr. B. B. Warfield, Chairman; Rev. Prof.
William P. Armstrong, Rev. Harold McA. Robinson.
The Executive Officer of the General Committee and
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of all its subordinate committees was the Rev. Harold
McA. Robinson, its Secretary.
This is not the place to give a full account of the work
undertaken or accomplished by the Centennial Commit-
tee. Let it only be said in passing that much was done to
quicken in the Alumni a keener sense of the closeness of
their relation to their Alma Mater ; that there was given
to the Alumni and the friends of the Seminary an oppor-
tunity to contribute to its endowment, which was gener-
ously embraced by many ; and that a volume of Biblical
and Theological Studies by the members of the Faculty
was published as part of the Centennial commemoration.
The object of the present volume is only to give perma-
nent record to the details of the celebration itself, with
its essential accompaniments.
Due intimation of the desire of the Seminary to cele-
brate its centennial was made to the General Assembly
of 1911 {Minutes of the General Assembly for 1911, p.
186) , and at the opening of the Centennial Session, in the
autumn of 1911, an announcement was sent to the
Synods and Presbyteries in the following form :
1812 [Seal] 1912
THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AT PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
ANNOUNCES THE COMPLETION, WITH ITS PRESENT SESSION,
OF THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE TO
THE CHURCH AND ASKS THE GOOD WISHES
AND PRAYERS OF THE
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Later an announcement of the proposed celebration
and an invitation to appoint delegates to it was sent to
the administrative Boards of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America, and to a number of
institutions of learning in the following form :
1812 [Seal] 1912
THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AT PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
WILL CELEBRATE THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS ES-
TABLISHMENT BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ON SUNDAY, MON-
DAY AND TUESDAY, THE FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH OF MAY,
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE.
THE DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES AND FACULTY OF THE
SEMINARY HAVE THE HONOUR TO INVITE
TO BE REPRESENTED ON THAT OCCASION BY A DELEGATE. THE
FAVOUR OF AN EARLY REPLY, ADDRESSED TO THE REVEREND
HAROLD McA. ROBINSON, PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMI-
NARY, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, IS REQUESTED.
AT PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY,
JANUARY, 1912
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The institutions to which this announcement and invi-
tation was sent included all theological seminaries in the
United States serving Churches "who profess and call
themselves Christian, ' ' all theological schools in mission
lands in connection with evangelical Churches in the
United States, a large number of foreign theological
faculties, and all universities and colleges, ten or more
of the graduates of which have pursued theological
courses in Princeton Seminary.
Still further, there was sent out a personal invitation
in the following form :
1812 [Seal] 1912
THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AT PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
HAS THE HONOUR TO INVITE
TO BE PRESENT AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE
ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING
OF THE SEMINARY
ON SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY
THE FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH OF MAY
ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND TWELVE.
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This invitation was sent to all the Alumni of the Semi-
nary, to the presiding officers of all the evangelical
Churches in the United States, and of the Presbyterian
Churches in Great Britain, and to a number of distin-
guished individuals.
The response to these several announcements and invi-
tations was very general.
The present volume contains, in the order in which
they are here enumerated, the responses of the courts of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer-
ica to the announcement of the Seminary's intention to
celebrate the hundredth anniversary of its foundation,
together with a number of similar congratulatory ad-
dresses from other church bodies; the responses of the
presiding officers of Churches at home and abroad; the
congratulatory responses to the Seminary's announce-
ment and invitation of various institutions of learning
whether theological or general ; the list of delegates sent
by various ecclesiastical bodies and institutions of learn-
ing to the celebration ; the programme of the Centennial
Exercises ; and the text of some of the addresses given at
the celebration.
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RESPONSES FROM THE COURTS OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The General Assembly, in session at Louisville, Ky.,
May 18th, 1912, took the following action, viz. :
The General Assembly adopted unanimously the Report of the
Special Committee on the Centennial of Princeton Theological Semi-
nary, as follows :—
The Committee to bear congratulations to Princeton Theological
Seminary on its Centennial was appointed by the following action
of the General Assembly of 1911 :
"That the congratulations of the Church, through this General
Assembly, be extended to Princeton Theological Seminary, in view
of the approaching one hundredth anniversary of the founding of
that institution, and that, in response to the invitation presented, the
following Committee be appointed to participate in the coming Cen-
tennial : Rev. John F. Carson, D.D., Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D.,
the Moderator of ire Synod of New Jersey, the Moderator of the
Synod of New York, the Moderator of the Synod of Pennsylvania,
the Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey, and the Hon.
William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska." (Minutes, 1911, p. 189.)
The names of the Moderators of the Synods on the Committee are
as follows : the Rev. William M. Dager, A.B., Moderator of the Synod
of New Jersey; the Rev. Martin D. Kneeland, D.D., Moderator of
the Synod of New York; and the Rev. Samuel A. Cornelius, D.D.,
Moderator of the Synod of Pennsylvania.
The Committee reports the performance of its acceptable duty,
and acknowledges the hearty welcome with which it was received by
the authorities of "The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., located at Princeton, New Jersey." The
Centennial was celebrated on May 5, 6 and 7. The exercises were
characterized by appropriate dignity, felicitous addresses, and by the
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presence of more than 500 alumni, the representatives of Presby-
terian and other Churches on both sides of the Atlantic, and dele-
gates from more than one hundred institutions of learning. Specially
notable was the presence of the Moderators of the General Assem-
blies of the Church of Scotland, the United Free Church of Scotland,
the Free Church of Scotland, and the Presbyterian Church in Ire-
land. There were also present the Moderators or Presidents of eight
American Churches. The occasion was historic and the Celebration
worthy of the Seminary and the Church.
It is recommended that the following minute be approved by the
Assembly :
The General Assembly hereby places upon record its congratula-
tions to "The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in
the U. S. A., located at Princeton, N. J.," upon its one hundred
years of completed service to Christ and to the Church. The plan
of the Institution, adopted by the General Assembly of 1811, sets
forth the relation of the General Assembly to the Theological Semi-
nary as "the patron and fountain of its power," and states the design
of the Institution in definite terms. It was established— "To form
men for the Gospel Ministry who shall believe and cordially love, and
therefore endeavor to protect and defend in its genuineness, sim-
plicity, and fullness, that system of religious belief and practice
which is set forth in the Confession of Faith, Catechisms, and Plan
of Government and Discipline of the Presbyterian Church"; also
"to provide for the Church men who shall be able to defend her
faith against infidels and her doctrines against heretics"; and
further who shall possess "an enlightened attachment not only to
the same doctrines but to the same plan of government."
The General Assembly heartily recognizes that the Boards of
Directors and Trustees, and the Faculty of the Seminary, have
administered with fidelity the trust committed to them, and in par-
ticular acknowledges that the educational progress made by the
Institution has been for the most part due to its able and scholarly
professors, who through four generations have been largely instru-
mental in the production of ministers competent by abilities, learning
and training, for the high and holy office of ambassadors of Jesus
Christ.
The General Assembly congratulates itself that forty-three of
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its Moderators have received training within the walls of this Insti-
tution, that many of the leaders in the missionary and benevolent
work of the Church have had the same privilege, and that out from
it have gone hundreds of home and foreign missionaries, and above
all, in the successive generations, a great number of pastors who have
served faithfully in their respective spheres of labor, and have built
up Christ's likeness in many human lives, and have laid the founda-
tion of churches and organizations which have become powers in the
Church Universal. The Assembly also rejoices in the catholicity of
the Institution as shown by the fact that students of all evangelical
churches have been freely admitted to its courses of instruction. In
this breath of acknowledgment of Christian fellowship, the Semi-
nary and the Church are one.
With grateful recognition of the loyalty of the wide-spread con-
stituency, that from the origin of the Institution has furnished the
resources and the sympathetic support which have enabled it to
maintain with some degree of adequacy the purposes for which it
was established, the Assembly commends the Institution to the
Church at large, for a continued generous and cordial support, be-
lieving that there lies before Princeton Theological Seminary along
the lines of the trust reposed in it, a most useful and great future.
"Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto
Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,
world without end. Amen. ' '
In behalf of the Committee,
John F. Carson, Chairman,
Wm. H. Roberts, Secretary.
Attest:
Wm. H. Roberts, Stated Clerk.
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THE SYNOD OF BALTIMORE
The following action was taken by the Synod of Balti-
more in session at Wilmington, Delaware, October 23,
1911:
Whereas: The Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J., does
this year complete one hundred years of continued usefulness and
service to the Church ; therefore
Resolved, That the Synod of Baltimore rejoices with Princeton
Seminary in the completion of so long a time of service in the cause
of Christ and His Church, and would give this expression of our
gratitude and appreciation.
Resolved, That the Stated Clerk be instructed to send to the Presi-
dent and Faculty, to the Boards of Directors and Trustees, the con-
gratulations of this Synod, and to assure them of our prayers to
Almighty God, that from generation to generation this honored ser-
vant of the Church, with increasing devotion and success, may send
forth men of God, knowing the Holy Scriptures, thoroughly fur-
nished unto all good works.
Resolved, That the Moderator appoint a Committee of four, con-
sisting of himself and one minister from each of the three Presby-
teries, to represent the Synod at the Centennial exercises of Prince-
ton Theological Seminary.
The Committee :
Rev. Joseph B. Turner, Dover, Del.
Rev. James E. Mofpatt, D.D., Cumberland, Md.
Rev. George P. Wilson, D.D., Washington, D. C.
Rev. Francis H. Moore, D.D., Middletown, Del.
Attest:
N. H. Miller, Stated Clerk.
McLean, Va.
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THE SYNOD OF CALIFORNIA
The Synod authorized its Stated Clerk, in its name, to
express to the Seminary its warm appreciation of the
unceasing blessing the Seminary has ever been to all the
great interests of the Church and the Nation. And the
Synod prays the Great Head of the Church, that the
Seminary may ever continue to measure up to the oppor-
tunity before it in the dear Church to which we belong,
and that it may have from on high unceasingly the bless-
ing of Him whose you are and whom you serve.
On behalf of the Synod of California,
Wm. Stewart Young, Stated Clerk.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 15th, 1911.
THE SYNOD OF CANADIAN
The Synod of Canadian, being in session at Hot
Springs, Ark., Oct. 5-7, set apart thirty minutes of the
evening, Friday, the 6th, 8 P. M. to hold a special service
of Thanksgiving, Praise and Prayer for the Seminary,
for the marvelous work God has done and is doing
through it. The meeting was conducted by Rev. M. L.
Bethel of the Seminary Alumni.
Attest: W. H. Carroll, Stated Clerk.
Valliant, Okla., Nov. 9th, 1911.
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THE SYNOD OF COLORADO
The Rev. F. E. Smiley, D.D., reported for the Com-
mittee to which was referred the communication from
Princeton Seminary. The report was received and the
recommendation adopted. The report was as follows :
Whereas, the Synod of Colorado, in session at Greeley, Colo., Oct.
19th, 1911, has heard with pleasure the announcement of the com-
pletion, with its present session, of the first one hundred years of
service to the Church, of the Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America, at Princeton, New
Jersey,
Resolved, That we place upon our record our gratitude to God for
putting into the hearts of the fathers, the laying of foundations broad
and deep for this school of the prophets, where so many of the success-
ful pastors of our beloved Church have been trained by consecrated
instructors to ' ' rightly divide the word of truth : ' ' for the long line
of trustees and teachers who during one hundred years have guarded
and guided the institution from infancy to its present century
strength : and for those who have stood as a bulwark against the
subtle assaults of the enemy, both within and without the Church,
against the Old Book, our spiritual Magna Charta, and for their
unswerving devotion to the ' ' faith once delivered to the saints. ' '
We congratulate the trustees, faculty, students and the Church
upon this auspicious occasion, and pray that all may be so endowed
with the Spirit of Christ that the future, like the past, history of
the Seminary may redound to the glory of God, the upbuilding of
the saints and the salvation of sinners.
Resolved, That this memorial be spread upon our records and a
copy be sent by the chairman of the committee of the Alumni ap-
pointed by the Moderator of Synod, to the authorities of Princeton
Theological Seminary.
Respectfully submitted,
. , Francis E. Smiley, Chairman.
Geo. R. Edmundson, Stated Clerk.
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THE SYNOD OF IDAHO
The Synod of Idaho has received the communication
from the Princeton Theological Seminary, that it will
celebrate the Centennial of its life and work, and the
Synod would congratulate that venerable institution on
its long career of usefulness, and assure it of our grateful
appreciation of its work ; of our heartfelt sympathy ; and
our prayers for its long continued usefulness.
John Gourley, Stated Clerk.
Pocatello, Idaho, Oct. 10, 1911.
THE SYNOD OF ILLINOIS
The committee to which was referred the announce-
ment of the completion, with the present session, of the
first one hundred years of service to the Church of the
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, at Princeton, N. J., would
respectfully report, recommending that the following
resolution be adopted, engrossed upon our record and a
copy transmitted to the Seminary :
Resolved, That the Synod of Illinois, in session at Charleston on
October 19, 1911, expresses to the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States of America at Princeton, N. J.,
its high appreciation of the eminent services rendered by the Semi-
nary, within the hundred years now ending, alike to the cause of
Christian scholarship in the writings of its representative men, to the
cause of Presbyterianism in its stedfast maintenance of our historic
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doctrine and polity and to the practical work of the Church in the
rich supply of faithful men to preach the Gospel and to minister in
the name of Christ. Recognizing the great development in our sys-
tem of theological institutions and the inevitable changes which have
taken place in our particular relation to it, the Synod prays God's
blessing upon the Seminary that it may continue through the century
to come a centre of Christian learning and a source of supply for
able ministers of the New Testament, men who are both faithful to
the Word of God and wise to discern the signs of the times.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
W. S. Plumer Bryan, Committee.
Done in Synod at Charleston, Oct. 19th, 1911.
Attest :
Jas. Franklin Young, Moderator,
C. Harmon Johnson, Stated Clerk.
THE SYNOD OF INDIANA
At its annual meeting, held in Sullivan, Indiana, on
October 10, 1911, the Synod of Indiana of the Presby-
terian Church in the U. S. A. unanimously adopted the
following Preamble and Resolutions, relating to the Cen-
tennial of Princeton Theological Seminary, and in-
structed its Stated Clerk to forward a copy of the same
to the Seminary :
Whereas, The venerable Theological Seminary at Princeton, New
Jersey, has announced to the Synod of Indiana the approaching
completion of the first one hundred years of its service to the Church,
and has asked the prayers and good wishes of our Synod, and
Whereas, The Synod of Indiana has been greatly indebted to
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the Princeton Seminary for the theological education of many of
its sons and the supply of many of its workers, having at present on
our rolls some sixty alumni of the Seminary ; therefore be it
Resolved, That we extend our cordial congratulations and best
wishes to the Seminary upon its approaching Centennial, and that
we pray the blessing of God upon its future work.
Resolved, That we recognize with gratitude its fidelity to the
Bible and the standards of our Church, and the efficiency of its
instruction and preparation for service.
Resolved, That we commend it as worthy of the prayers and
liberality of our churches in all its efforts for the enlargement and
betterment of its facilities for the training and equipment of those
who shall serve the Church in the ministry of the Gospel of Christ.
Attest: Leon P. Marshall, Stated Clerk.
THE SYNOD OF IOWA
The Synod of Iowa received with great interest and
sympathy the announcement of the completion of a hun-
dred years of theological instruction at Princeton, and
directed the Stated Clerk to convey to the Faculty and
Directors of the Seminary its greetings and good wishes.
In the name of the Synod, I congratulate both you and
the Church on the noble achievements of the past. To
how large a degree the Presbyterian Church has been
moulded by the influence of Princeton Seminary can
never be told. The contributions of the Seminary to
theological learning through faculty and graduates are
of inestimable value. The fidelity of its instructors to
the Gospel of Jesus Christ deserves and receives the
praise of the Church. We are grateful to Almighty God
for this glorious history of devotion to the truth. We
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congratulate you upon the success of these years, and
upon your present commanding position.
Our prayer is that the good work begun may be car-
ried on and intensified in the years to come, and that
Princeton may abide in strength as long as the world
endures.
In the name of the Synod of Iowa,
W. O. Ritston, Stated Clerk.
Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 17, 1911.
THE SYNOD OF KENTUCKY
The Synod of Kentucky heartily unites with the whole
Presbyterian Church in congratulations to Princeton
Theological Seminary on the successful completion of
the first one hundred years of its history. We desire to
express our appreciation of the great work that the
Seminary, in the Providence of God, has been enabled to
do. We gratefully thank God for the men who have been
trained in its halls and for the light of learning that has
emanated through the century from its famous faculty.
We recognize its faithfulness in teaching the Divine
Oracles and its stedf ast loyalty to the Word of God.
We remember its ever-growing influence in the devel-
opment of the Church, and its ever-widening power in
the evangelization of the world. We invoke the Divine .
Blessing on the Seminary's future, and pray that the
same Hand may guide in the days to come that has so
wondrously prospered it in the days gone by.
It is peculiarly appropriate that such congratulatory
expression should be presented formally in a meeting of
the Synod of Kentucky, held in the Second Presbyterian
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Church, Lexington, Kentucky. It was in this Church
and Sunday School that the Rev. Ethelbert D. Warfield,
D.D., LL.D., the present presiding officer of the Board
of Directors, and the Rev. Benjamin Breckinridge War-
field, D.D., LL.D., the present Charles Hodge Professor
of Didactic and Polemic Theology, were first taught the
things pertaining to God.
Mingled with our feelings of debt and gratitude to
Princeton Theological Seminary for its century of con-
tribution to the Church and the whole Kingdom of God
are our feelings of pride and pleasure that the Synod
has had the privilege and honor to give to the Seminary
two of its own sons.
Chaeles Lee Reynolds, Committee.
THE SYNOD OF MINNESOTA
This is to certify that the Synod of Minnesota, in ses-
sion at Minneapolis on the 12th to 16th of October, 1911,
took the following action :
Whereas, The Theological Seminary of Princeton, N. J., com-
pletes this year the first one hundred years of its history, and,
Whereas, This Synod has felt the impress and value of the Semi-
nary's work, through the labors of Princeton's students, the past
fifty years ; therefore,
Resolved, That the Synod of Minnesota extend to the Board of
Trustees and Faculty of the Seminary the most cordial congratu-
lations on the splendid record of the past, and express the prayerful
hope that, under the divine blessing, the Seminary will advance to
a yet greater measure of service to the Church and to the Kingdom.
Maurice D. Edwaeds, Stated Clerk.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 20, 1911.
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THE SYNOD OF MISSOURI
The Synod of Missouri of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, in session at Springfield, Mo., October 12, 1911,
acknowledges the receipt of the announcement of the approaching
celebration of the centennial of Princeton Theological Seminary. We
congratulate the Seminary upon this coming completion of one hun-
dred years of service, and desire to express our appreciation of the
great work accomplished by her.
Thirty-eight men now connected with this body, besides many
others whose service has helped to make our history in the past,
received all, or a part, of their theological training within her halls.
We gratefully acknowledge the large indebtedness of this Synod,
and of the whole Church, to Princeton Seminary, for her thorough
training of the Christian ministry, for her never ceasing champion-
ship of the truth of God's Word and for her splendid leadership of
Christian thought.
We pray the blessing of the Great Head of the Church may con-
tinue with her in increasing measure through all coming years. We
further commend to all our churches, and especially to individual
members of means, the Centennial Fund which is being raised as a
fitting memorial of her rich past and to equip her still more thor-
oughly to meet the responsibilities and opportunities of the future.
I certify that the above is a correct copy of the action
of the Synod of Missouri.
John H. Miller, Stated Clerk.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 30, 1911.
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THE SYNOD OF MONTANA
The Synod of Montana offers its most hearty felicita-
tions to the Princeton Theological Seminary upon the
completion of its one hundredth year— spent so loyally
in the service of our beloved Church, and at this time
sends its best wishes for continued prosperity, enlarged
usefulness and increased influence in the special sphere
marked out for her by a kind Providence.
Eiko J. Groeneveld,
Chairman of Synod's Committee.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 26, 1911.
THE SYNOD OF NEBRASKA
The following resolution was adopted by the Synod of
Nebraska :
Inasmuch as Princeton Theological Seminary has about com-
pleted a century of historic and worthy activity, having served the
Church with distinguished credit,
Be it Resolved, That the Synod of Nebraska extend its heartiest
congratulations to the Seminary on the completion of her first cen-
tury of service and express its confident hope that the future shall
be even more glorious.
Done in Synod at North Platte, Neb., on the 16th day of October,
A. D. 1911.
Attest: Julius F. Schwaez, Stated Clerk.
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THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY
Your Committee appointed to prepare resolutions of
congratulation to Princeton Theological Seminary upon
the fact of its approaching Centennial Celebration,
would submit the following for your adoption :
This year has marked the opening of the one hundredth session
of Princeton Theological Seminary. At the Commencement in May
1912 this outstanding event will be fittingly commemorated in
Princeton by the Directors and Trustees and Faculty and Alumni of
the Seminary. This is a great record of a great institution for a
great work. It is cause for congratulation and rejoicing, not only
for Princeton graduates and those who have her interests at heart
because of their theological affinity, but for all who believe in the
doctrines of grace, and especially for the Presbyterian Church in
America.
Be it hereby Resolved, therefore, by this Synod of New Jersey,
the chief recipient of blessing from this century of service in the
Gospel,
First, that we render profound gratitude to God for the Divine
leading in the Church, looking to the higher education of the min-
istry, and for the action of the General Assembly of 1811 in establish-
ing a separate institution for theological instruction, which institution
was the next year opened at Princeton, with the Rev. Archibald
Alexander, D.D., as Professor. It is interesting to recall that the
classes were at first held in Dr. Alexander's study, and later for a
time in the building of the College of New Jersey, itself the out-
growth of the Log College of Neshaminy, founded for the education
of ministers. We reverently and thankfully recall to-day the words
of the Assembly's "Plan of the Seminary," as follows,— "It is to
form men for the Gospel ministry who shall truly believe, and cor-
dially love, and therefore endeavor to propagate and defend in its
genuineness, simplicity and fullness, that system of religious belief
and practice which is set forth in the Confession of Faith, Cate-
chisms, and Plan of Government and Discipline of the Presbyterian
Church ; and thus to perpetuate and extend the influence of true
evangelical piety and gospel order. ' '
We render gratitude for the Divine favor that has enabled the
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Church to continue this school of Christian theology for a century
with signal brilliancy of learning, with remarkable power of piety,
and with steady and delightful growth and development, both of
equipment and influence. For the glory of God and in honor of
Princeton we would give praise. We would have thanksgivings rise
in all our churches that the Spirit of God did thus consecrate and
has continued to consecrate, as ever in the history of our blessed
religion, the best scholarship to the cause of Gospel truth and Chris-
tian life, and especially for the noble men of God who first made
Princeton great, and whose names are revered and loved to-day
throughout our Church.
"We would give praise to God for the fearless, unwavering stand
Princeton Seminary has held through all these years, not only for the
Calvinistic Theology as the ripest expression of the Reformed Faith,
but for the defense and teaching of fundamental Christianity,— the
supernatural revelation which is in Jesus Christ, the plenary inspira-
tion and authority of the Scriptures, the precious doctrines of the
free grace of God and full justification by faith, the saving power
of the blood of the Lamb, the work of the Holy Spirit and the living
headship of the Lord of Glory in His Church.
We thank God for the religious character of this Seminary
throughout the past, the holy lives of the men who have labored for
it, its choice spirit of prayer, a valuable memory to all who ever
shared it, its love for the pure Word of God, its serious understand-
ing of the vocation of the ministry, as the herald of a God-given
Gospel, its simplicity of daily life, its supreme desire to exalt Jesus
Christ, its cordial interest in every effort to extend the Kingdom of
our Lord through His truth and Church, and especially for its con-
sistent missionary spirit and record, a spirit that begins with the
statement in the Assembly's ''Plan" that one object of the Seminary
is "to found a nursery for missionaries to the heathen," and is able
to testify that over three hundred and eighty of the graduates have
entered upon foreign missionary work. We are grateful that through
these one hundred years, in this land with its marvelously enlarging
territory, and in the whole world with the rapidly opening doors of
its vast continents, this Seminary has been as the springs of water
among the hills,— a source of supply beyond all human power to
imagine. Surely God has honored His promises and led His people
graciously.
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Second, that Synod congratulate the Directors and Trustees and
Faculty of Princeton Seminary upon the possession of a heritage
that only time and the blessing of God could produce, and upon the
accomplishment of a work for the Church that only eternity and the
presence of God will reveal. Theirs is hallowed soil indeed. Theirs
are blessed memories indeed. We congratulate them upon the fact
that Princeton has continued to this day to hold her own in the
front rank of American institutions of theological learning, and of
note among those of the world.
"We congratulate them upon the well known and unwavering and
hearty stand this Seminary has maintained for the faith once de-
livered to the saints, and for her loyalty to the Confession of our
Church, to the Covenant and to Christ. We recognize in her a
leader in the fight for truth against error for the Church universal,
to be honored for her work by the whole of evangelical Christendom.
We congratulate them upon the present vigor and prosperity of
the Seminary. Beginning with three students, she has given instruc-
tion to five thousand, seven hundred and forty-two students, and now
has sixteen instructors with one hundred and eighty-five men under
their care.
We congratulate them upon having as President the Rev. Francis
Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., whose ripe and commanding powers are
consecrated to the service of a conservative theology.
We congratulate them upon having a completed faculty, a soundly
constructed and steadily enlarging curriculum, with splendid
grounds and buildings, with the cordial confidence of the Alumni,
and a secure place in the esteem of the whole Church.
We look with confidence upon her prospects for the future. We
regard her as panoplied and prepared to meet the issues of the day
and of the days to come. We record with pleasure that she is still
sending forth men well instructed in the truth as it is in Jesus,
and well fitted to be ambassadors for God and leaders of the people,
that she might save society through the saving of souls. We rejoice
that she is touching and tempering with a mighty influence the very
life of the Church today, not only in this land but wherever the
Gospel banner has been planted by the sons and daughters of God.
Third, that we most heartily rejoice in the proposal to signalize
the completion of these one hundred years, an epoch in the history
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of Presbyterian theological education, by securing an increased en-
dowment for the Seminary, and commend this effort to the liberality
of our pastors and churches, especially to those ministers who are
Alumni of Princeton, and to those churches whose pastors are Prince-
ton men.
Fourth, that the Moderator of this Synod appoint a Committee
of seven, four ministers and three elders, to represent the Synod
at the Centennial exercises to be held in Princeton in May, 1912, the
Moderator himself to be the Chairman, ex-officio, of this Committee.
Fifth, that the Rev. Francis L. Patton, D.D., LL.D., be invited to
address the Synod now upon the Seminary's plans for the celebration
of this important anniversary.
Adopted by the Synod of New Jersey, in session at
Atlantic City, Oct. 18, 1911.
Attest: Walter A. Brooks, Stated Clerk.
THE SYNOD OF NEW YORK
The following action was taken by the Synod of New
York at its recent meeting :
In view of the approaching 100th Anniversary of the founding
of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
U. S. A. at Princeton, the Synod of New York, in session at Auburn,
October 18th, 191 1, desires to place upon its minutes an expression
of its sense of the noble service to our Church and to the Christian
religion throughout the world rendered by this institution; its grati-
tude to God for the signal manifestations of His favor during the
whole of the Seminary's history; and its earnest desire and devout
prayer that the coming years may witness still larger prosperity and
usefulness for Princeton Seminary.
A true copy.
Attest: J. Wilford Jacks, Stated Clerk.
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THE SYNOD OF NORTH DAKOTA
A Memorial was received from Princeton Theological
Seminary with reference to the completion of its first
one hundred years of service, asking the good wishes and
prayers of the Synod of North Dakota. To this the fol-
lowing answer is recommended :
That this request be remembered in the closing prayer of this
session, and that the Stated Clerk be instructed to notify the officials
of the Seminary of that fact, assuring them of the cordial good will
of the Synod.
I notice further that the closing item of that forenoon
session reads :
Synod took recess until 1:30 o'clock P.M., and was closed with
prayer by Rev. R. H. Myers, in behalf of Princeton Theological Semi-
nary.
B. A. Fahl, Stated Clerk.
Devil's Lake, N. D., Nov. 13, 1911.
THE SYNOD OF OHIO
The Synod of Ohio held its annual meeting in Mans-
field, October 10-12, 1911. In response to a request for
the interest of the Synod, the following recommenda-
tions were made by the Committee on Bills and Over-
tures :
That the Synod of Ohio extend congratulations and good wishes
to Princeton Theological Seminary upon its One Hundredth Anni-
versary.
That the Synod remember Princeton Theological Seminary in
prayers, and that the Rev. William M. Hindman, D.D., of the Pres-
bytery of Chillicothe, now lead us in prayer.
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That the Stated Clerk of this Synod convey a suitable letter,
covering the action of the Synod in this matter.
The foregoing recommendations were unanimously-
adopted, and the Rev. Dr. Hindman offered a very tender
and touching prayer for the Seminary, for its present
student body, and for all living students of former years.
Attest: Edward T. Swiggett, Stated Clerk.
THE SYNOD OF OKLAHOMA
A conimunication from Princeton Theological Semi-
nary was read, announcing the one hundredth session of
the Seminary, and soliciting the prayers and good wishes
of the Synod.
The Moderator led the Synod in prayer for the Semi-
nary.
The Stated Clerk was instructed to convey to the Sec-
retary of the Seminary information of this action of the
Synod.
Lloyd C. Walter, Stated Clerk.
THE SYNOD OF OREGON
The Synod of Oregon, assembled in Mt. Tabor Church,
Portland, adopted the following resolution Oct. 14, 1911 :
That Synod sends its sincere congratulations to Princeton Semi-
nary on the completion of 100 years of service in the Presbyterian
Church and wishes for it even larger and more effective service in
the future.
Extracted from minutes, Synod of Oregon, by
John A. Townsend, Stated Clerk.
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THE SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA
At the meeting of the Synod of Pennsylvania, held in
Warren, Pa., in the First Presbyterian Church, October
24th, 1911, after hearing an address by the Rev. Dr.
Francis L. Patton, President of Princeton Theological
Seminary, the Synod adopted the following Minute :
The Synod having received an intimation that the Theological
Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., at Princeton, N. J.,
would celebrate the Centennial of its Foundation in May, 1912,
hereby extends to the Seminary its warmest congratulations and
rejoices with it in the great work which by the blessing of Almighty
God it has done for Christ and His Church.
From the earliest times the ties between the Synod and the Semi-
nary have been most close and intimate. Many of the most distin-
guished professors of the Seminary have been drawn from the terri-
tory, the homes and the churches now covered by this Synod.
Hundreds of young men have gone from these churches to pursue
their studies at the Seminary, and have returned confirmed in faith
and enriched in knowledge to preach the Everlasting Gospel.
During all this period the Synod and the Seminary have been in
deep and tender sympathy in reference to the great movements
which have stirred the Church and advanced the Kingdom of God ;
and the Synod rejoices in the strength and courage with which the
Seminary, upon the threshold of a new age, proclaims the faith once
delivered to the saints.
May the Great Head of the Church vouchsafe to this beloved and
honored institution an ever deeper sense of the glorious privilege of
training men to preach the Everlasting Gospel and an ever greater
power in inspiring men with the very spirit of His Grace.
At the request of the President of the Seminary that
the Synod would appoint a Committee to represent it at
the Centennial Celebration, the following ministers were
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named to convey the greetings of the Synod in connec-
tion with the Centennial Celebration.
The Moderator, Rev. Samuel A. Cornelius, D.D., Oil City, Pa.
The Stated Clerk, Rev. Robert Hunter, D.D., Philadelphia.
Rev. Wm. L. McEwan, D.D., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rev. Ebenezer Flack, D.D., Scranton, Pa.
Rev. Robert B. Beattie, Franklin, Pa.
Rev. George S. Chambers, D.D., Harrisburg, Pa.
Robert Hunter, Stated Clerk.
THE SYNOD OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Upon receipt of a telegram from Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary in connection with their celebration of the
One Hundredth Anniversary of the beginning of that
Institution, Synod joined in thanksgiving for the great
good that Seminary has already accomplished and in
prayer for God's continued blessing upon it.
Harlan P. Carson, Stated Clerk.
Madison, S. D., Oct. 6, 1911.
THE SYNOD OF TENNESSEE
The Committee on Bills and Overtures of the Synod
of Tennessee reported as follows regarding the Centen-
nial of Princeton :
The communication from the Theological Seminary of Prince-
ton, New Jersey, announcing the completion with its present session
of the first one hundred years of service to the Church, was before us ;
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and we recommend that the Stated Clerk communicate to the Semi-
nary the congratulations and best wishes of the Synod.
In compliance with this action of the Synod I take
pleasure, as Stated Clerk, in assuring you of the hearty
sympathy, good wishes, and congratulations of the Synod
upon your one hundred years of great service to the
Church.
The Synod of Tennessee in 1819 followed the example
that Princeton had set seven years before, and organized
the Southern and Western Theological Seminary, and
located it at Maryville. This was the second theological
seminary of our Church. Though for more than half a
century, the theological seminary features have ceased,
the institution, now Maryville College, is still under the
care of the Synod of Tennessee.
The Synod wishes Princeton a second century of even
more conspicuous service to the Church than the great
century which is now closing.
Samuel T. Wilson, Stated Clerk.
Maryville, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1911.
THE SYNOD OP WASHINGTON
The Synod of Washington, in session in Spokane,
Wash., October 3-5, 1911, rejoices with you in the com-
pletion of a century of good service to the churches, for
our Lord and Master, and assures you of its good wishes
and prayers for long-continued usefulness and success in
the yet far away future.
Eugene A. Walker, Stated Clerk.
Reardan, Wash., Oct. 30th, 1911.
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THE SYNOD OF WEST VIEGINIA
The Synod, in session at Charleston, W. Va., on Oct.
21, 1911, took the following action :
We rejoice that this Seminary has rendered to our beloved
Church such faithful and efficient service of instruction and inspira-
tion through this one hundred years. "We rejoice that she has been
such an able and devoted defender of the faith in all her remarkable
history. "We rejoice in the noble band of men whose hearts God has
touched, whom she informed and trained in the things of the King-
dom. We join with the men all over the world in the best of wishes
and earnest prayers that in the coming years God may graciously
bless her even more abundantly both in things temporal, in increas-
ing her needed endowment, and in things spiritual, to realize her one
purpose, to raise up, train and inspire men after God's own heart
to build up the people in our most holy faith.
Synod also appointed the Rev. Herman G. Stoetzer,
D.D., an alumnus of the Seminary, its special represen-
tative at the commemoration services.
J. P. Leyenberger, Stated Clerk.
Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 21, 1911.
THE SYNOD OF WISCONSIN
Synod received an invitation to attend the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the founding of what is commonly
known as Princeton Theological Seminary. Synod stood in recogni-
tion of the courtesy and in order to give expressions of good wishes,
and was led in prayer by the moderator.
Extracted from the Minutes of Synod,
C. A. Adams, Stated Clerk.
Merrill, Wis., Nov. 10, 1911.
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THE PRESBYTERY OF BIRMINGHAM A
Whereas, The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church
at Princeton has announced the completion of 100 years of service
to the Church, and asks the prayers and good wishes of this Presby-
tery; therefore,
Resolved, That the Stated Clerk be instructed to express the con-
gratulations of this Presbytery to the Princeton Theological Semi-
nary on the completion of 100 years of such splendid service to the
Church, and give hearty assurance of the prayers and good wishes of
this Presbytery.
Attest: Luther B. Cross, Stated Clerk.
Gastonbury, Ala., May 2, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF BROOKLYN
At the November meeting the members of the Presby-
tery of Brooklyn instructed the undersigned to convey
to the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America at Princeton, N. J.,
their hearty congratulations on the completion of a cen-
tury of loyal and effective service for the Kingdom of
our Lord and to assure the Seminary that she may be
sure of the best wishes and earnest prayers of Brooklyn
Presbytery for her continued success and usefulness.
Joseph Dunn Burrell, Moderator,
Jos. (J. Snyder, Stated Clerk.
Nov. 28, 1911.
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THE PRESBYTERY OF BUTLER
The Presbytery of Butler sends heartiest greetings to
the Princeton Theological Seminary as it closes its first
century of splendid service for the Presbyterian Church
and for Protestantism on this continent and beyond the
seas, and expresses the hope that the institution first
established to secure a uniform, trained ministry— both
scholarly and devout— shall increasingly understand the
world's ills and shall count it all joy to prepare workmen
who shall minister to these needs and ever seek to remove
the all embracing cause.
Rejoicing with you throughout the celebration of this
notable event, and invoking the divine favor and blessing
upon all future efforts for the world's redemption, we
subscribe in behalf of the Presbytery.
Wm. R. Craig, Moderator,
Willis S. McNees, Stated Clerk.
Done in Presbytery, December 12, 1911.
THE PRESBYTERY OF CARLISLE
At its recent stated meeting, the Presbytery of Car-
lisle, having received the invitation of the Theological
Seminary at Princeton to attend its approaching Cen-
tennial Anniversary Celebration, requested me to thank
the Seminary for its invitation.
I desire to add my personal thanks and felicitations
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also, having received an individual invitation and re-
membering with thankfulness and honor the good I
received from the Institution.
Rob't F. McClean, Stated Clerk.
Mechanicsburg, Pa., April 25, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF CAYUGA
The Presbytery of Cayuga desires to send its greet-
ings to Princeton Theological Seminary on the comple-
tion of one hundred years of noble service both to our
Church and to the Kingdom throughout the world.
We are grateful to God for his goodness to this insti-
tution in the past, and pray that God's richest blessing
may rest abundantly on it during the coming years.
Attest: E. Lloyd Jones, Stated Clerk.
Cayuga, N. Y., April 26, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF CENTRAL DAKOTA
The Presbytery of Central Dakota joins with others
in offering to Princeton Seminary felicitations on the
completion of one hundred years of service for Christ
and the Church.
May the God, who has so signally blessed her with con-
secrated, scholarly men in her chairs for one hundred
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years, richly endow her with men and money that she
may render larger service to the cause.
May those who go forth from her halls be strong in the
faith, well qualified and adapted to defend the position
of Evangelical Christianity until the Lord come.
Wishing the Seminary larger usefulness, in behalf of
the Presbytery of Central Dakota,
John C. Linton, Stated Clerk.
Flandreau, S. D., April 23, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF CHESTER
The Presbytery of Chester, in session at Paoli, Pennsylvania,
Tuesday, January 30, 1912, acknowledges with appreciation the
gratifying announcement that the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church in the U. S. A. at Princeton, New Jersey, completes,
with its present session, one hundred years of service to the Church.
The Presbytery congratulates the Seminary on this event, and assures
it of its deep appreciation of the splendid work it has accomplished,
and that its prayers for the future enlarged success of the Seminary
shall ever ascend to the Great Head of the Church for His continued
favor and blessing.
The above action, by resolution, was heartily and
unanimously adopted by the Presbytery and I was di-
rected, in my official capacity, as the Stated Clerk, to
forward the same, duly attested, to the authorities of the
Seminary, which duty I have great pleasure in herewith
fulfilling.
Wm. Tenton Kruse, Stated Clerk.
Elwyn, Pa., Jan. 31, 1912.
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THE PRESBYTERY OF CHICAGO
The Presbytery of Chicago gladly avails itself of the
opportunity of extending to the Boards of Directors and
Trustees, and to the Faculty and Alumni of Princeton
Theological Seminary its sincerest and warmest congrat-
ulations on the occasion of its attaining the 100th anni-
versary of its establishment.
The strength and influence of Princeton Theological
Seminary has rightly been the ground of gratification
and of legitimate pride to the whole Presbyterian com-
munity of this land. Its first century of life, coinciding
as it does with the most intensely active period from the
intellectual point of view of the world's history, was
from its nature one that required the work of such an
institution as Princeton Theological Seminary. The
Seminary has made its contribution to the whole current
of intellectual and religious life with marked success.
Presbyterianism in America, as well as throughout the
whole world, has reason to rejoice and give thanks to God
for the life of such an institution. In a time of intensely
practical tendencies Princeton has insisted on scholarly
tastes and habits of thought. In a time of questioning,
with the risk of relaxing convictions, she has stood for
loyalty to conviction. In a time of diminishing stress on
educational qualifications for the ministry, she has lifted
high the cherished ideals distinctive of Presbyterianism
throughout the centuries, of a thoroughly educated min-
istry of the Gospel. Much of the success of the Presby-
terian Church in maintaining its standards and regulat-
ing its progress is due to the fidelity with which Prince-
ton Theological Seminary has lived and realized its
ideals.
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,The Presbytery of Chicago offers the prayer, and
cherishes the hope, that the first century of the life of
such an institution may be followed by others of still
greater and more varied usefulness.
Presented by committee, Rev. Andrew C. Zenos, Chair-
man. Adopted in Presbytery April 15, 1912.
Attest:
James Frothingham, Stated Clerk.
THE PRESBYTERY OF CHILLICOTHE
The Presbytery of Chillicothe joyfully notes the One
Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of our Theo-
logical Seminary at Princeton, N. J., and hereby sends
sincere greeting and assurance of prayer for continued
good work.
Attest: Harry B. Vail, Stated Clerk.
Washington C. H., Ohio, April 16, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF COLUMBIA
The Presbytery of Columbia begs to acknowledge the
receipt of the announcement of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New
Jersey.
The Presbytery would express its gratification at the
noble and fruitful history thus accomplished, would con-
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gratulate the faculty and officers of the Seminary upon
the past, and would say that it cherishes the warmest
appreciation of its present satisfactory status, and in-
dulges the brightest hopes for its future usefulness and
prosperity.
By order of Presbytery,
Christopher G. Hazard, Stated Clerk.
Catskill, N. Y., April 23rd, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS
Council Bluifs Presbytery sends fraternal greetings.
We are proud of Princeton Seminary; proud of her
record ; proud of her achievements. We praise Almighty
God for such institutions as Princeton, and we pray that
His richest blessing may rest upon good old Princeton.
We congratulate you on your one hundredth birthday,
and it is our wish that Princeton may continue to pros-
per for many, many centuries. God speed your course ;
God bless your instructors ; God bless your students.
With my whole heart I join the Presbytery in sending
you these greetings.
Theo. J. Asmus, Stated Clerk.
Carson, Iowa, Oct. 26, 1911.
THE PRESBYTERY OF CRAWFORD SVILLE
The Presbytery of Crawf ordsville, in session at Frank-
fort, Ind., sends greetings and rejoices with you in the
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completion of your first one hundred years of service to
the Church.
We assure you of our prayers for your continued suc-
cess in training workers who are to go out in the great
service of the Master.
Gibson Wilson,
Hugh N. Ronald,
Committee.
Frankfort, Ind., Dec. 11, 1911.
THE PRESBYTERY OF DALLAS
The Presbytery of Dallas, Synod of Texas, sends
greeting and congratulations to Princeton Theological
Seminary on its 100th Anniversary.
By order of the Presbytery,
R. W. Benge, Stated Clerk.
Athens, Texas, Oct. 31, 1911.
THE PRESBYTERY OF DUBUQUE
The Presbytery of Dubuque has directed me to convey
to Princeton Theological Seminary its greetings and
congratulations on the completion of a hundred years of
distinguished service of God and of the Church, and to
assure you that earnest and hearty prayers shall continu-
ally be offered for your abiding prosperity and enlarging
usefulness.
W. O. Ruston, Stated Clerk.
Dubuque, Iowa, April 30, 1912.
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THE PRESBYTERY OF EBENEZER
The Presbytery of Ebenezer, at its stated meeting in
Lexington, Ky., in October, 1911, instructed the Stated
Clerk to acknowledge the receipt of the announcement
of the Centennial of Princeton Theological Seminary,
and to convey to you its appreciation of your long and
honorable service to the Church and your loyalty to your
historic conditions, as well as its earnest wish and prayer
that the Seminary may have many centuries of service
and a constantly increasing service to the Church.
J. N. Ervin, Stated Clerk.
Dayton, Ky., Feb. 24, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF IOWA CITY
The Presbytery of Iowa City joins heartily in the con-
gratulations that are due the Theological Seminary of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer-
ica, at Princeton, New Jersey, on the completion of One
Hundred Years of service for the Church, and assures
the President, Faculty and Students that they have our
prayers and good wishes at this glad time, and we wish
the Institution many more happy Centennial Celebra-
tions. May all the future years be as rich in blessing as
the last.
On behalf and at the direction of Iowa City Presby-
tery,
H. S. Condit, Stated Clerk.
Iowa City, Iowa, April 29, 1912.
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THE PRESBYTERY OF LEHIGH
A communication having been received from the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey,
announcing the completion with the present session of
one hundred years of service to the Church, and asking
for the good wishes and prayers of the Presbytery of
Lehigh,—
Your committee recommends that the Presbytery send
to the Seminary its most hearty congratulations on the
completion of one hundred years of service in educating
men for the Gospel Ministry, assuring it of our pray-
ers for God's richest blessings for the years that are to
come ; and we further recommend that we here and now,
as a Presbytery, offer united prayer for the Seminary.
In behalf of the Committee,
Samuel C. Hodge, Chairman.
Hazleton, Pa., Apr. 17, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF MADISON
The Presbytery of Madison, in session at Richland
Center, Wisconsin, 16 April, received your announce-
ment of the near completion of one hundred years of
service. It directs its stated clerk to send this letter of
congratulation and best wishes. On taking this action
the Presbytery was led in prayer by Elder H. B. San-
ford, of Christ Church, Madison, on behalf of your great
institution, our Seminary at Princeton.
Ernest C. Henke, Stated Clerk.
Baraboo, Wis., 22 April, 1912.
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THE PRESBYTERY OF MATTOON
The Presbytery of Mattoon, in session at Effingham,
Illinois, April 10th, 1912, took note of the completion
of the first hundred years of service of the Princeton
Seminary.
By formal action I was instructed to convey to you,
on behalf of the Presbytery, its congratulations, good
wishes and prayers.
We have a pardonable pride in your institution; we
recognize its signal service in the Kingdom of our Lord ;
we glory in its loyalty to the faith once given to the
saints.
It is in our hearts to add other centuries of like ser-
vice, and pray that all in connection with Princeton may
everywhere be marked as men who have been with Jesus,
conspicuous for energy, effectiveness, consecration.
With the multitude who so believe, place Mattoon
Presbytery.
John A. Tracy, Stated Clerk.
Shelbyville, 111., April 12, 1912.
THE PRESBYTERY OF MONMOUTH
Monmouth Presbytery receives with pleasure the an-
nouncement of the approaching centennial celebration
of Princeton Seminary's splendid history and service.
The Presbytery is devoutly grateful to God for an
institution which has stood for one hundred years a
staunch defender of the faith of the fathers, as handed
down in the Word of God, and for the long line of godly
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and able ministers of the Word which has gone out from
its walls to the work of the Church in all the world.
Old Monmouth Presbytery, which through all these
years has been in closest touch with Princeton, and
whose churches have been founded and developed so
largely by Princeton graduates, would most cordially
take advantage of this opportunity to express its debt
to the Seminary and its joy in the Seminary's pros-
perity.
The Presbytery hereby sends to the Directors, Trus-
tees and Faculty of the Seminary the assurance of its
good wishes and fervent prayers for an enlarged and
still grander life of usefulness through all the years to
come.
Resolved, That the Presbytery recommend to the pastors of the
churches within its bounds hearty co-operation in the Seminary's
project to gather a centennial fund to enlarge its efficiency for the
future.
Adopted in the Monmouth Presbytery Session of Jan.
23, 1912, at Atlantic Highlands, N. J.
Attest: Fkank R. Symmes, Stated Clerk.
THE PRESBYTERY OF NEBRASKA CITY
The Presbytery of Nebraska City sends greetings to
the Theological Seminary of Princeton, rejoicing in its
century of prosperity and praying that our Heavenly
Father may grant to it a long future of still richer bless-
ings.
Done in Presbytery this fourteenth day of November,
1911.
Thomas L. Sexton, Stated Clerk.
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THE PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
At a meeting of the Presbytery of New Brunswick on
January 23d, 1912, there was reported to the Presbytery
the announcement of the Princeton Theological Semi-
nary of its approaching one hundredth anniversary, to-
gether with the request of the officers of the Seminary
for the interest and prayers of the Presbytery of New
Brunswick.
In response to this request the Presbytery adopted the
following resolutions, viz: —
First, That the members of the Presbytery will suitably remember
the Seminary in private and public prayer.
Second, That in response to the request from the Seminary there
shall be forwarded to its officers a paper prepared by a Committee
of Presbytery and read before the Presbytery in September, 1911.
Third, That the Seminary shall be informed that the Presbytery
has appointed a Committee to attend the commemorative exercises
of the Seminary.
The paper referred to in these resolutions, and now
forwarded to you, the officers of the Seminary, in the
name of the Presbytery, is as follows :—
The need which suggested the establishment of a Theological
Seminary was complex. The first need of the Church of a hundred
years ago was an increased number of ministers. The nation was in
the grip of a great missionary movement. William Carey had fanned
the flickering flame of evangelism to a white heat, which also in-
flamed the Church on this continent. The Great Revival of 1800
accentuated the need for the preparation of an ample supply of min-
isters to safeguard the rapidly spreading cause of Christ. Another
condition lay in French infidelity, which was rampant and threat-
ened to invade the Church, as it had already invaded the Colleges
and clubs of the land. This corrupt philosophy challenged the virile
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intellect of the period and required a commanding response by an
accredited scholarship. A further need for ministers consisted in
the unevangelical influences of the theological seminaries and uni-
versities in the New England States. They were rapidly falling into
the control of Unitarian disciples. Protestantism needed ardent
believers and efficient teachers of essential Christianity rightly to
direct the pulsating yearnings of the large accretions to the Church.
The able and ardent ministry of the time were very busy men and
were precluded from sacrificing time and energy on other than their
specific work. As a matter of fact, unreliable methods of preparation
existed, under instructors of less ability, and inculcated a sinister
tendency. "An educated ministry" was the cry. The power and
purity of the rising clergy called for true and capable experts. This
was conclusively vindicated by subsequent consequences of ecclesi-
astical health and influence.
In recognition, then, of the imminent need of an educated min-
istry, the Rev. Ashbel Green, D.D., as early as 1805 sent into the
General Assembly an "admirable paper" which drew the mind of
the Church to this important subject. Of the particular method for
raising up an efficient ministry, however, the earliest discoverable
mention lies in a portion of the Moderator's sermon to the General
Assembly of 1808, preached by the Rev. Archibald Alexander. ' ' En-
couraged by this," writes Dr. Green in his autobiography, "I used
all my influence in favor of this measure ; and in 1809 the Presbytery
of Philadelphia, to which I belonged, sent into the General Assembly
of that year an overture distinctly proposing the establishment of
a theological school." The assembly sent down to the Presbyteries
for their consideration the following alternatives: First, one great
school in some convenient place near the center of the Church ; sec-
ond, two such schools in such places as may best accommodate the
northern and southern sections of the Church; and, third, such a
school within the bounds of each of the Synods. The vote of the Pres-
byteries strongly favored the establishment of an institution of theo-
logical learning, but left somewhat in doubt the best plan of pro-
cedure. The first and third plans commanded an equal support.
The Assembly of 1810 adopted the first plan, and appointed a com-
mittee, of which Dr. Green was chairman, to draft an outline of the
proposed Seminary. Dr. Green's committee laid its report in
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printed form before the Assembly of 1811, by whom it was adopted
in toto, proposing that in the Seminary "when completely organized,
there shall be at least three professors, who shall give a regular
course of instruction in divinity, in Oriental and Biblical literature
and in ecclesiastical history and church government, and such other
subjects as may be deemed necessary."
The location of the theological seminary at Princeton was largely
determined by two considerations, to wit, the helpful presence of the
college and geographical convenience. Princeton was midway be-
tween the Synods of New York and Philadelphia. The trustees of
the college proffered sufficient land for a site for the seminary, but
a similar offer of Richard Stockton, noted patriot and philanthropist,
was gratefully accepted.
A yet more sacred and significant necessity remained to be sap-
plied, namely, the endowment of the embryonic institution with a
living and life-giving spirit. The selection of a man to pioneer the
proposed seminary through a "terra incognita" was, perhaps, the
most solemn duty that ever confronted the General Assembly. In
the Assembly of 1811, preceded by prayer and prosecuted in the
hush of sacred awe, and ' ' amid the tears and prayers of the Church,
Dr. Alexander was elected to the office" of the first and only pro-
fessor of the seminary-in-sight. On the twelfth day of August in
the following year he was inducted into his high office at the age
of forty years. In his characteristic modesty and faith, the newly
invested professor approached the herculean difficulties of the hour.
There was nothing tangible before the sight of this pathfinder, but
a firm faith held him steadfast to his great Guide and Hope. The
seminary began with three students and a single teacher. In the
following year these were augmented to twenty-four students and
two teachers, the Rev. Samuel Miller, D.D., having been added to the
faculty.
This infantile institution of sacred learning begins now to develop
into individuality of character. The personnel of Princeton's insti-
tutional life, from the pioneer Alexander to the present, has given
it its individuality among similar institutions. Its founders and
friends were men of liberal learning and searching thoughtfulness.
There are in such temperaments balance and proportion, and their
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In addition, the age and place of the early life of Princeton conduced
markedly to its type of character. She was not buffeted by the rest-
less flux that surged around other institutions. A stately equanimity
and a sylvan isolation conduced to a conservative character. The
location as much as the "Zeitgeist" contributed to its distinct indi-
viduality.
Princeton's character answered an existing necessity. The re-
quirements of the age were for caution and conservatism. The
natural consequences of a heated revival experience and a rapidly
spreading Church were mixed accretions of impulse and fervor. The
influx of French infidelity, made attractive by the charm of a sym-
pathetic court and nation, called for a confirming conviction of faith
and stedfastness. The insinuations of an insidious philosophy rap-
idly infested the churches and universities of New England with
doubt and danger. In the midst of this instability and uncertainty
Princeton sounded the clarion note of conviction and courage. The
Church of to-day is not unmindful of her heroic exploits in these
crises of thought and morals. She aided many a struggler in the
gurgling rapids to hold fast to that which was good, and therefore
enduring. The past century of our Church is secure largely because
of her services in the apologetics of the Reformed faith. Her cen-
tenary memorializes her monumental achievements in sacred disci-
pline to thousands of young men who have themselves rendered
efficient work in fields at home and abroad.
What, then, of Princeton's position in the immediate present?
Is her past, however glorious, the mere reflection of a closed career?
That there is need in the domain of divinity for thoroughness of
thought and exemplification of precept is manifest to every sober
participant in the serious life of the present age. The latter half of
the nineteenth century developed a spirit audacious and ominous.
In every realm of thought and action radicalism holds the reins and
drives the steeds. The danger of to-day is not the failure to discover
new territories of truth, but the destruction of continents of convic-
tion as a necessary trail for reaching the new treasures. Radicalism
is on the road to ruin unless related to a sympathetic yet virile
conservatism. The past has labored as truly as we do, and the pres-
ent may enter into its labor with joy and profit. Both the radical
and the conservative has his legitimate and essential place in the
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procession and progression of the race. It is unreasonable and un-
fortunate to create antipathy and antagonism between correlated
companions in quest of a common object.
Without stigmatizing one or despising the other, one may evaluate
both. There exists at the present an imperative need for a steadying
conservatism in order to retain to the Church and nation the accred-
ited and substantial. Princeton with its characteristic type of
thought and influence, is to-day an indispensable institution of sacred
learning. Never did a generation need more its temperamental atti-
tude toward fundamental questions of thought and radical problems
of action. Without the slightest disparagement to others, Princeton
is invaluable to the present age and for future generations for the
training of young men for leadership in the Church. Her centenary
is her challenge to the twentieth century of cordial interest and cou-
rageous purpose. Surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses she is
buckling on her armor for continued and aggressive warfare for
Christ and His Church. Every lover of the Church will acclaim her
vision and commend her determination to apprehend that for which
she was apprehended by her Master and founders.
In view of the proposed centennial celebration of
Princeton Theological Seminary, the Presbytery adopts
the following resolutions :
1. The Presbytery of New Brunswick hereby expresses its cordial
appreciation of Princeton's distinguished services to the Church and
nation during her century of existence. We are proud of her im-
perishable past. Her eminent men and her efficient achievements
are illustrious in the records of the Presbyterian Church, and her
devotion to the nation is the boast of every patriot.
2. The Presbytery of New Brunswick shares in the confidence of
sister Presbyteries of Princeton's ability and intention to meet the
present problems in the Church with sympathy and courage. We
recognize her as a strong defender of our faith, delivered unto us
by the great Head of the Church and transmitted to us as a sacred
legacy. We know her as our chivalric contestant in the maintenance
of truth and power.
3. The Presbytery of New Brunswick ardently commends Prince-
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ton to the affectionate and liberal support of the churches within
her bounds through moral and financial co-operation. We may move
her to unparalleled usefulness by our fervent prayers and cordial
good-will, and in view of her aspiring development of facilities and
enlargement of faculty, we also earnestly commend Princeton to the
liberal financial support of individuals and churches in our Presby-
tery. In her endeavor to increase her endowment with an addi-
tional million of dollars, greatly needed to meet the large purposes,
we bespeak for Princeton the most cheerful and lavish support of
our Presbyterians. We can suggest no better financial investment
to men of large means than the enlargement and development of this
institution of genuine culture and strategic influence.
4. The Presbytery of New Brunswick designates five commission-
ers as official visitors of the Presbytery to the Centennial celebration
of the Seminary.
The commissioners appointed by the Presbytery are
as follows: Eev. August W. Sonne, Rev. Henry Collin
Minton, D.D., LL.D., Rev. Walter A. Brooks, D.D., Rev.
Daniel R. Foster, Rev. Francis Palmer.
Attest: Walter A. Brooks, Stated Clerk.
THE PRESBYTERY OF NEWTON
At the stated meeting of the Presbytery of Newton,
held at Newton, N. J., on April 9th, 1912, the following
was adopted by a hearty and unanimous vote of the Pres-
bytery, as the report of the Committee to which had
been referred the communication from Princeton Semi-
nary, announcing the completion, with this present
session, of one hundred years of service to the Church.
Whereas, the Princeton Theological Seminary will observe its Cen-
tennial at the Commencement season in May ; be it
Resolved, 1st : That the Presbytery of Newton places on record its
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deep thankfulness to Almighty God for the great usefulness of this,
the oldest Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America.
Resolved, 2nd : That we recognize, in the present Faculty, men of
eminent scholarship and spiritual loyalty, fit successors to those who
have gone before.
Resolved, 3rd: That we congratulate both the Faculty and the
Board of Directors upon the bright prospect of future usefulness for
this Institution,
Resolved, 4th: That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to
the Committee having charge of the Centennial Celebration.
J. A. Armstrong,
W. C. Peaborch
and the Theological Seminary of Princeton in its estab-
lishment, and during the whole century of its existence.
As early as 1809 the first pastor of this Church, the
Rev. Dr. John Brodhead Romeyn, was one of a commit-
tee appointed by the General Assembly, to which was
referred an overture for the establishment of a Theologi-
cal School, and which reported three plans, which were
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referred to the Presbyteries for their opinion and report
at the next General Assembly.
On the replies from the Presbyteries the General As-
sembly of 1810, of which Dr. Romeyn was Moderator,
resolved to proceed with the establishment of a Semi-
nary, and appointed a committee, of which he was one,
to prepare a plan to be reported to the next General As-
sembly. He was also appointed to solicit donations for
the establishment and support of such Theological Semi-
nary.
The Committee reported a plan which was adopted by
the General Assembly of 1811, providing for the choice
by the General Assembly of a Board of Directors con-
sisting of twenty-one ministers and nine ruling elders,
and Divie Bethune, one of the Elders of the Church, was
appointed upon a Committee to confer with the Trustees
of the College of New Jersey upon the establishment of
the Seminary at Princeton.
When the General Assembly organized the Seminary
in 1812, it chose Dr. Romeyn and two of our Elders, Divie
Bethune and Zechariah Lewis, among its first Directors.
Eight of the nine Pastors of this Church have been
among the Seminary Directors, and two of our Pastors
have come to our Church from successful Professorships
in the Seminary. During the whole century one or more
of our Elders have been Directors of the Seminary, and
ever since 1822, when its Trustees were incorporated,
one or more of the members of our Session have been
among its Trustees.
Members of our Church have provided large endow-
ments for the Seminary, and as early as 1810 a Society
was formed in our Church to provide aid and comfort for
its students.
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Descendants of the Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander to
the third and fourth generation have been members of
our Church and congregation ; of whom two became stu-
dents of the Seminary and honored and useful ministers
of the Presbyterian Church.
These things move us to felicitate the officers and
Faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary upon the
first century of its existence and fruitful experience, and
to hope for it the continuance and increase of the favor
and blessing of Almighty God, which has always crowned
its days and made it a faithful minister to the Church of
Christ in its onward march both at home and abroad.
By order of Session,
S. B. Bkownell, Clerk of Session.
J. H. Jowett, Moderator.
New York, May 9, 1912.
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RESPONSES FROM THE BOARDS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS
It gives me pleasure to inform you that the Board of
Home Missions cordially accepts the invitation of
Princeton Seminary to be represented at the approach-
ing Centennial, and has appointed its Secretary, Rev.
Charles L. Thompson, D.D., to that duty.
John Dixon, Clerk of the Board.
March 15, 1912.
THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
I acknowledge herewith the receipt of the invitation of
the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Seminary, to
the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian
Church in the IT. S. A., to be represented on the occasion
of the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment
of the Seminary by the General Assembly, on May 5-7,
1912.
Our Board has duly appointed its President, the Rev.
George Alexander, D.D., 47 University Place, N. Y.
City, to represent them on that occasion.
Stanley White, Secretary.
March 7, 1912.
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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
The invitation of the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,
Princeton, N. J., to the Presbyterian Board of Educa-
tion to be represented by a delegate upon the celebration
of the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment
of the Seminary is accepted, and the Board has elected
the Reverend Charles Wadsworth, Jr., D.D., as such
representative.
I write this for the Board, in the absence of the Cor-
responding Secretary, Dr. Cochran.
Richard C. Hughes, Sec'y for University Work.
February 20, 1912.
THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND
SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK
At the meeting of the Board of Publication and Sab-
bath-School Work, held yesterday afternoon, I pre-
sented the invitation of the Theological Seminary at
Princeton requesting the Board to appoint a delegate
who would represent it at the celebration of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the Seminary.
The Board accepted the invitation, and elected the
Hon. Robert N. Willson, 2226 Spruce Street, President
of our Board, as its delegate. At the same time, it elected
the Rev. Louis F. Benson, D.D., 2014 Delancey Street,
to be the alternative, in case Judge Willson should be
unable to attend.
With best wishes for the success of the coming celebra-
t lon ' Alexander Henry, Secretary.
February 28th, 1912.
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THE BOARD OF THE CHURCH
ERECTION FUND
The communication of the Directors, Trustees and
Faculty of the Seminary, inviting the Board of Church
Erection to be represented on the occasion of the Semi-
nary's One Hundredth Anniversary, was received by the
Board at its monthly meeting yesterday.
I am instructed to return the thanks of the Board for
this invitation, and to inform you that the Hon. Fred-
erick Gordon Burnham, President of our Board, whose
address is Morristown, N. J., was elected as the Board's
representative.
D. J. McMillan, Cor. Sec'y.
Feb. 21, 1912.
THE BOARD OF RELIEF FOR
DISABLED MINISTERS AND THE WIDOWS
AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED MINISTERS
The Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Min-
isters at its regular meeting May 2nd, 1912, appointed
the following members of the Board as its representa-
tives at the Centennial Celebration of Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary :
Rev. S. T. Lowrie, D.D., H. S. P. Nichols, Esq.,
Rev. Marcus A. Brownson, D.D., and Rev. William W.
Heberton, D.D.
W. W. Heberton, Rec. Secy.
May 3rd, 1912.
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ECCLESIASTICAL BODIES
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH
OF SCOTLAND
To the President, Board of Trustees and Faculty of the
Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., U. S. A.
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,
having been informed by Principal Stewart of the com-
munication which he had received from the Seminary
intimating that the Seminary was to celebrate the first
hundredth anniversary of its foundation in the begin-
ning of the present month, and inviting this Church to be
represented on the occasion, desires to acknowledge the
kind intimation and invitation extended to it. Unfortu-
nately no meeting of the Assembly, or of its Commis-
sion, took place between the receipt of the intimation,
and the present meeting of Assembly. The Assembly
has heard with pleasure the Report of Principal Stewart
as to his visit to the Celebration at Princeton, and cor-
dially endorses the kindly greetings which he gave in the
name of the Church to the Members of the Seminary.
The Assembly recalls with deep interest the remarkable
history of Princeton Theological Seminary, and desires
to express its earnest hope that the work of the Seminary
may be long continued, that it may have much prosperity
and that the blessing of God may rest upon it.
In the name of the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland,
S. Marcus Dill, D.D., Moderator.
Edinburgh, May 29th, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED
FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
To the Members of the Faculty and Governing Board of
Princeton Theological Seminary.
We, the Members of the Commission of the General
Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland, offer
you our cordial congratulations upon the centenary of
your Seminary.
Your School of Divinity has been greatly esteemed in
our land, especially in the churches which now form the
United Free Church of Scotland. In former days, you
were in fraternal alliance with those who formed the
United Presbyterian Church, and in 1843 those who
severed their connection with the State to form the Free
Church of Scotland found in Princeton generous and
helpful friends. We are united today in gratefully
acknowledging our indebtedness to the eminent Prince-
ton Theologians of last century, and gladly embrace the
opportunity of joining with you in honouring the men
who, by their piety and their learning, have made
Princeton famous throughout Christendom.
Your Church and ours have the same parentage, they
have been nourished by the same doctrine, they equally
prize the Spiritual Independence of Christ's Church,
they have the same evangelical traditions, and the same
conceptions of their mission at home and abroad.
Recognising that you are richly endowed with in-
spiring associations, we pray God that your School of
the Prophets may continue to be the Alma Mater to an
increasing band of consecrated and well instructed stu-
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dents, who will prove the devoted heralds of Jesus Christ
in their native land and throughout the world.
Signed in name of the Commission of Assembly of the
United Free Church of Scotland,
James Wells, D.D., Moderator.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREE
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
[seal]
The Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland most
cordially thanks the Faculty of the Princeton Theolog-
ical Seminary for the honour done to the Free Church in
sending their kind invitation to take part in the celebra-
tion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding
of their Seminary; herewith most gratefully recalling
the help and encouragement so generously rendered by
the Princeton Seminary to our Church in her arduous
contendings for her spiritual independence during the
Ten Years ' Conflict.
The Free Church of Scotland most warmly congratu-
lates the Presbyterian Church of the United States on
the possession of its noble Theological Seminary at
Princeton; venerable even in the earlier stadia of its
career by association with the memory and achievement
of such great men as Jonathan Dickinson, Jonathan
Edwards, Samuel Davies, Gilbert Tennent, John With-
erspoon, and Ashbel Green ; whilst in these latter days it
has attained world-wide renown by the massive learning
of such illustrious divines as Archibald Alexander,
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Samuel Miller, Charles Hodge, Addison Alexander,
William Henry Green, and Archibald Alexander Hodge.
The preservation of this glorious heritage from the past,
in combination with a singular capacity to meet the ex-
acting requirements of the present, evokes our liveliest
admiration.
The Free Church of Scotland also offers its heartiest
felicitations to the Princeton Seminary on its most effi-
cient defence of the Scriptures of the Old and New
Testament against the attacks of Modern Rationalism;
meeting rash assertion by reasoned argument, crude
speculation by exact scholarship, bold sophistry by calm
demonstration ; thus exhibiting the Higher Criticism as
essentially a pretentious dogmatism of negation and
omniscience. The great success which has ever at-
tended the Princeton Seminary in the rearing of a
learned and godly Ministry, renowned at home, revered
abroad, likewise wins our sincerest regard. We earnestly
pray that the Divine blessing may still rest upon the
manifold labours of its eminent Professors and the
varied studies of its numerous Alumni, so that in ever-
increasing degree, it may be as "a fountain of gardens,
a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon."
Signed in the name of the General Assembly of the
Free Church of Scotland,
Wm. Menzies Alexander, Moderator,
M.A., B.Sc, M.D., B.D. (Glasgow University).
Assembly Hall, Edinburgh,
11th March, 1912.
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THE SYNOD OF THE FREE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
The Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scot-
land beg to thank the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States of America, at
Princeton, New Jersey, for their courtesy in inviting
the Rev. Duncan Mackenzie, Moderator of this Synod,
to be present at the celebration of the One Hundredth
Anniversary of the Founding of the Seminary, on the
fifth, sixth, and seventh days of May of this year.
The Synod would take this opportunity of congratu-
lating your Seminary on the completion of one hundred
years of useful work. They rejoice to think that al-
though the beginnings of your Institution were small in
point of numbers, there is, at the present date, scarcely a
better equipped Theological Faculty in the world than
Princeton. The Synod bless the name of Christ, the
adorable Head, that, for the edification of His Church
at large, He has bestowed upon your Seminary during
the whole course of its history such remarkable and
gracious gifts. Your leading men have been examples
of profound piety as well as indefatigable labours. From
your Seminary has issued the noblest defence of the
Calvinistic System of Theology which the world has seen
within the period of your existence as a Faculty. The
ablest vindication of the Oracles of God, as against the
adverse criticism of the so-called Higher Critics, has been
rendered by Princeton Professors. What noble mem-
ories cluster around the names of Dr. Archibald Alex-
ander, Dr. Joseph Addison Alexander, Dr. Charles
Hodge, Dr. William Henry Green in the several respects
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which have been named of gracious character and faith-
ful work for Christ ! The Synod rejoice to think that the
existing Faculty of Theological Professors at Princeton
is true to Princeton's past history, and that, without dis-
simulation, it may be said in gifts and graces you fall
little short of your distinguished predecessors.
The Synod pray that the adorable Head of the Church
may pour the benign influences of His Spirit more and
more abundantly upon you, that in the future, as in the
past, you may witness a good confession for God and
His Word, and that when, God willing, Princeton shall
hold its bi-centenary, the men of that future period may
think as kindly of the men of 1912 as you now think of
Dr. Archibald Alexander.
As the Moderator is unavoidably prevented from at-
tending your celebrations, the Synod send these greet-
ings by the hand of the Rev. John R. Mackay, M.A., one
of their members, and a Teacher in Theology.
Signed in name and on behalf of the Synod of the Free
Presbyterian Church of Scotland,
Duncan Mackenzie, Moderator,
James Steven Sinclair, Clerk.
April, 1912.
THE SYNOD OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
[telegram]
On motion of Rev. Dr. Thornton, retiring Moderator,
"The Synod of the Presbyterian Church of England,
assembled in London, sends hearty greetings and con-
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gratulations to Princeton Seminary, on attaining its
100th Anniversary, and prays that God may make the
Institution a continued blessing to the Church of Christ
in America, and throughout the world."
David Fotheringham, J. P., Moderator,
Wm. Lewis Robertson, M. A., Clerk.
May 7th, 1912.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRES-
BYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND
[seal]
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland to the Rev. Francis
L. Patton, D.D., LL.D., President of the Theological
Seminary, Princeton, N. J., U. S. A.
Reverend and Dear Sir,
On the evening of 3rd June, at the inaugural meeting
of the General Assembly of 1912, in the Assembly Hall,
Belfast, the Moderator reported that in accordance with
an invitation very kindly extended to him by the Faculty
and Trustees of the Princeton Theological Seminary, he
had attended and taken part in the Centennial Celebra-
tions held at Princeton on 5th, 6th, and 7th May.
"It was unanimously agreed that a message— signed
by the Moderator and Clerk— be sent to the President of
the Princeton Theological Seminary, conveying the fe-
licitations of the General Assembly in connection with
the Centenary of the famous seat of sacred learning over
which he presided, and its extreme gratification that the
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Moderator had been able to attend and take part in the
most impressive and successful Centennial Celebrations
of last month. "
We have therefore unusual pleasure in forwarding to
you the foregoing minute from the records of the Gen-
eral Assembly ; and in re-echoing the sentiments already
expressed in person by the Moderator.
With best wishes for the continued and growing suc-
cess of the Theological Seminary, which is so dear to our
Church ; and for the prosperity of the Church you chiefly
and so conspicuously serve,
We remain, Reverend and Dear Sir,
faithfully and fraternally,
John Macmellan, Moderator,
3rd June, 1912. Wm ' JaMES LoWE > Clerk '
THE SYNOD OF BALLYMENA AND COLERAINE
At the annual meeting of the Synod of Ballymena and
Coleraine, held on the 23rd of April, 1912, it was moved,
seconded and unanimously agreed to, "That the Rev.
David Russell Mitchell, of Broughshane, be appointed a
deputy from this Synod, to attend the hundredth anni-
versary of the Princeton Theological Seminary, and to
convey the cordial good wishes of the members of this
Synod for the future prosperity of the Institution. ' '
Extracted from the Minutes of the Synod this 23rd day
of April, 1912, and signed,
Charles W. Hunter, M.A., Moderator,
James B. Armour, M.A., Clerk.
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THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY OF THE
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
[telegram]
The diocese of New Jersey sends its greetings to the
Princeton Seminary on the celebration of its 100th anni-
versary with a prayer for God's blessing upon the future
life and work of the Seminary.
Howard E. Thompson, Secretary.
Mt. Holly, N. J., May 7, 1912.
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PRESIDING OFFICERS OF CHURCHES
MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Principal Stewart has much pleasure in accepting the
invitation of the Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America at
Princeton, New Jersey, to be present at the Celebration
of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Foundation of the
Seminary on 5th to 7th May next.
St. Mary 's College, St. Andrews, Scotland.
28th February, 1912.
MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE UNITED FREE CHURCH
OF SCOTLAND
Dr. Wells has special pleasure in accepting the kind
invitation to the celebration of the One Hundredth An-
niversary of the founding of the Princeton Seminary on
the 5th, 6th and 7th of May 1912.
42 Aytoun Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow,
February, 26, 1912.
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MODERATOR DESIGNATE OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED FREE
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Will you please to convey to the Senatus of the Theo-
logical Seminary of Princeton my sincere thanks for
their kind invitation to the Hundredth Anniversary of
the Founding of their distinguished Seminary %
It would have afforded me the greatest pleasure had I
been able to accept the invitation so generously extended
to me, as I have for more than half a century been ac-
quainted with the fame of Princeton ; but my prospective
election in May to the Moderatorship of the United Free
Church of Scotland renders it undesirable that I should
undertake a trip to America so near the day of opening
the Assembly.
I recently attended the 50th Anniversary of the
Founding of St. Andrews University, my Alma Mater,
which was a splendid success ; and I hope a like success
will wait on your celebrations.
During the past century, Princeton has rendered in-
valuable service to Evangelical Theology; may her fu-
ture be even more glorious than her past, and may she
never want gifted sons who will publish and uphold the
cause of Truth—the Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed
God.
With every good wish and earnest prayer for the pros-
perity of Princeton,
I am,
Yours sincerely,
Thomas Whitelaw.
Kilmarnock, 1 March, 1912.
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MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Your kind invitation has just reached me this after-
noon and for it I thank you most warmly. I regret
exceedingly that duties here in connection with the open-
ing of our General Assembly on 21st May deprive me of
the great honour and pleasure of being among your
guests on this historic occasion. The Address from our
Church will be presented by Principal M'Culloch who
represents our College. We pray that every felicity and
blessing may attend this august Centennial Celebration
of your world-renowned Seminary.
I have the honour to be
Yours most sincerely,
Wm. Menzies Alexander.
Free Church College, The Mound, Edinburgh, 27 April, 1912.
MODERATOR OF THE SYNOD OF THE
FREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF SCOTLAND
I regret that, on account of the state of my health, I
shall not be able to attend, on the 5th, 6th and 7th May
next, the 100th anniversary of the Founding of Prince-
ton Theological Seminary.
I trust you will be favoured with much blessing from
on high in connection with the services, and that Prince-
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ton Theological Seminary will always remain faithful in
all things to the glorious Head of the Church, and that,
at all times, it will be wealthy in sending forth able men
endued with power from on high to declare the whole
counsel of God.
I shall ask the Canadian or Colonial Committee if
they will send a representative.
Again wishing you the blessing of the Most High, I
remain, Reyd Dear gir ^
Strathearn House, Crieff, N. B.
13 March, 1912.
Yours sincerely,
Duncan Mackenzie.
MODERATOR OF THE SYNOD OF THE
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
SCOTLAND
I have to acknowledge with much heartiness and ap-
preciation the most kind invitation I have received at
your hands to the Centennial of the Princeton Seminary.
It would have been to me an unqualified pleasure had
I been able to accept and be present on such an auspi-
cious occasion.
The Princeton Theological Seminary has a name of
rich savor and high honor in the Church of which I am a
humble minister, and it would have been not only a great
pleasure to myself, but an expression of our united
veneration and esteem, had I been able to be present.
I am sorry indeed, that I am not able to cross the Atlan-
tic at this time.
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Speaking for myself and my brethren I send you our
cordial greetings and earnest wishes for abounding use-
fulness and prosperity.
Yours very sincerely,
John McDonald.
R. P. Manse, Airdrie, 4 March, 1912.
MODERATOR OF THE SYNOD OF THE,
UNITED ORIGINAL SECEDERS
As I have just returned to India after furlough, I re-
gret that I cannot accept your kind invitation to be
present at the celebration of the One Hundredth Anni-
versary of the founding of the Princeton Theological
Seminary.
Though unable to be present you may be assured of my
best wishes for the occasion.
Very sincerely yours,
John McNeel.
Seoni Chhapara, C. P., India,
21 March, 1912.
MODERATOR OF THE REFORMED
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD IN IRELAND
I regret it will not be possible for me to be present at
the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the founding
of the Princeton Theological Seminary.
It has never been my privilege, either as a student of
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Theology or as a Minister of the Gospel, to visit the Col-
lege. But for a long time, I have known some of the
Theological Professors by their writings, which I greatly
admire, and from the study of which I have, I think,
derived much profit.
My prayer is that God may use the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary even more in the future than in the
past, for the maintenance and defence of His truth, and
for the extension of His Kingdom in the world.
' Sincerely yours,
_ ... .„ „ T . , S. R. McNeilly.
Baihesmills Manse, Lis burn,
30 April, 1912.
MODERATOR OF THE SYNOD OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND
I greatly appreciate the honor done me in giving me
an invitation to attend your Centennial Celebration on
5th, 6th and 7th of May next.
As our English Presbyterian Synod will be in session
in London at that time, I cannot, as its retiring Modera-
tor, be absent. But I would like to propose that the
Synod send you a cablegram of congratulation.
I am proud to think that my late father (Rev. R. Hill
Thornton) , of Oshawa, Ont., Canada, had the honorary
degree of D.D. from your distinguished seat of learning.
I also rejoice to think that my old fellow student, Francis
L. Patton, D.D., is still with you.
R. M. Thornton.
18, Hilldrop Road, Camden Road, N., London,
3 March, 1912.
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MODERATOR FOR 1901 OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE WELSH
CALVINISTIC METHODIST
CONNECTION
I thank you very much for your kind invitation to be
present in the Centenary Celebration of the Princeton
Seminary. But my departure from Liverpool is fixed for
May 7th, and therefore too late for me to attend any of
the Centenary meetings. I regret it very much, for noth-
ing would afford me more genuine pleasure than to see
and hear your eminent men on so important an occasion.
The names of your professors, past and present, are well
known to me, and the Princeton Review comes regularly
to my home. All this makes me sincerely regret my in-
ability to accept your kind invitation.
With fraternal regards,
Yours faithfully,
J. Cynddylan Jones.
Whitechurch, Cardiff, March 21st, 1912.
MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA
Your kind invitation to be present at the celebration
of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Theological
Seminary has been received. It is an invitation of
peculiar interest and I am hoping to make it possible to
be with you. The Presbyterian Church in Canada owes
much to Princeton. Many of our ministers received their
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theological training there, and we are now reaping the
benefits of the type of theology and spiritual inspiration
received there. I trust that all things will conspire to
make it an occasion not only of much interest, but of
special helpfulness as you enter upon a new century of
your history.
am ' Yours sincerely,
E. P. Mackay.
Toronto, February 27th, 1912.
MODERATOR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
An invitation to attend the One Hundredth Anniver-
sary of the Founding of the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church at Princeton, New Jersey, on May
fifth to the seventh, reached me some time ago.
I have delayed replying in the hope of arranging my
work so that I could attend ; but in this my efforts have
failed.
I must therefore deny myself a very enjoyable and
profitable event, and thankfully decline your honoring
invitation.
Congratulating you on what the Seminary has done
during the first century of its existence, and praying that
it may continue the good work until schools of the proph-
ets are needed no more,
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Yours in sincerity,
Samuel G. Shaw.
West Hebron, N. Y., March 29, 1912.
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PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL SYNOD OF
THE REFORMED CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES
Many thanks for your kind invitation to the Centen-
nial of Princeton Theological Seminary. I hope to be
present on Monday and Tuesday.
Yours ' James I. Good.
Philadelphia, March 9th, 1912.
PRESIDENT OF THE
NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
I was very much interested in receiving the announce-
ment of the Centennial Anniversary of the Princeton
Seminary. I regret it will not be possible for me to
attend. ^ T , 1
Yours very truly,
Emory W. Hunt.
April 13, 1912, Granville, Ohio.
MODERATOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES
It will be a great pleasure to accept the appreciated
honor of the invitation to the Centennial Celebration of
Princeton Seminary, May 5-7th.
Yours very sincerely,
Brooklyn, N. Y., March 28, 1912. NEHEMIAH BoYNTON.
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PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE PROTESTANT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES
I beg to return my warm thanks for your courteous
kindness in sending me an invitation to be present at the
Centennial Anniversary of the founding of your Semi-
nary.
I heartily wish I could come, but engagements of offi-
cial duty will keep me here.
May I send to your Seminary my cordial congratula-
tions upon reaching so great an age of dignity, and my
earnest good wishes for years yet to come of prosperity
and usefulness in your great work ?
Faithfully and gratefully,
Your brother,
The Bishop 's House, St. Louis, Mo.
March 1, 1912.
Daniel G. Tuttle,
Bishop of Missouri.
PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF
THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH
I greatly appreciate the honor of the invitation to be
present at the celebration of the One Hundredth Anni-
versary of the founding of the Seminary at Princeton,
on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, May 5th, 6th and 7th.
It would give me very great pleasure indeed, to accept
the invitation, but unfortunately the pressure of my
many duties will prevent my attendance.
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We all honor Princeton Seminary, and the noble men
who have been identified with it.
Very sincerely yours,
Samuel Fallows.
Baltimore, Md., March 4, 1912.
PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL SYNOD OF
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
I will, if possible, be present at the Centenary of the
Theological Seminary at Princeton, May 5-7, to which
you so kindly invite me.
Sincerely yours,
Junius B. Remensnyder.
New York, N. Y., March 8, 1912.
PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN NORTH AMERICA
To my regret, it will not be possible for me to attend
the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States at Princeton.
With hearty congratulations on the attainment of your
centennial, Believe me to be,
Very sincerely yours,
Theodore E. Schmauck.
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1912.
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PRESIDENT OF THE EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN SYNOD OF NORTH AMERICA
Habe die freundliche Einladung, an der hundertjahri-
gen Feier des theologischen Seminars Ihrer Kirche im
Mai d. J. teilnehmen zu wollen, erhalten. Indem ich
Ilinen fiir diese Einladung meinen herzlichen Dank aus-
spreche, muss ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass ich dieser Ein-
ladung nicht Folge leisten kann. Ich stehe jetzt im 88ten
Lebensjahr und kann eine so weite Reise nach New Jer-
sey nicht mehr unternehmen.
Ich wunsche Ihnen aber zu Ihrer Jubelf eier des Herrn
reichsten Segen. Moge er sich auch in Zukunft zu die-
ser Ihrer Anstalt mit seiner Gnade bekennen, wie er es
bisher gethan hat.
Mit f reundlichem Gruss
Ihr
Johannes Bading.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 11, 1912.
PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL
SYNOD OF NORTH AMERICA
It is with profound gratitude that I acknowledge your
kind and considerate invitation, to attend the Centen-
nial of Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. The oc-
casion truly is one at which representatives of all the
branches of Christ's Church should gather to enunciate
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their warmest felicitations, to join in the praise of our
God and Father, who, by His Blessings and Grace,
has made Princeton historic, and to unite all prayers for
that one great purpose, that the Kingdom of our Lord
may be still more intensely furthered as Princeton enters
upon the threshold of a new era, and that the future re-
sults of Princeton may be even greater than the past.
Indeed I am sorry that, when the gates of Princeton
shall be opened to the festive throngs, I will be at my
annual tours, visiting the nineteen District Conferences
of the German Evangelical Synod of North America.
The attendance upon these Conferences is simply obliga-
tory.
But for the reason above stated, I desire the presence
of a Representative of our Synod at your celebration.
Therefore, I beg to be permitted to send an able substi-
tute, namely, Rev. T. F. Bode, of St. Peter's Evangelical
Church, Buffalo, N. Y., wishing to be shown to him all
courtesies you would show me.
May the Triune God enrich you, and the celebrated
Institution of Spiritual Science, by the manifold mani-
festation of His Holy Spirit.
With fraternal greetings in the love of Christ,
I am,
Yours,
Jacob Pister.
Cincinnati, 0., April 6th, 1912.
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SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF BISHOPS
OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
I am in receipt of your very kind invitation to the
celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the
Founding of the Seminary on May fifth, sixth and sev-
enth, and greatly appreciate your courtesy. It would
give me great pleasure to be present, but for the fact
that the General Conference of our Church will, at that
time, be in session in the City of Minneapolis, and it is
expected that all our Bishops be in attendance.
I rejoice in the work which your Theological Seminary
has accomplished during the past century, and pray that
during the years to come, it may continue to send forth
into all the fields, at home and abroad, those who shall
defend the faith and publish to the world the Gospel of
our Lord and Master.
Regretting that I cannot be with you, but trusting that
the occasion may be one of pleasure and inspiration,
■*■ am > Very truly yours,
Philadelphia, Pa., April 10th, 1912. L- B. WlLSON.
SENIOR BISHOP OF THE
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH
The Reverend Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson regrets that
his May engagements prevent his presence at the One
Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of Princeton.
It would have given him pleasure to attend, if it had been
possible.
Baltimore, Md.
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
CHAIRMAN OF THE CHRISTIAN UNION COM-
MISSION OF THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST
I am honored with an invitation to the one hundredth
anniversary of the Theological Seminary, at Princeton,
and if possible, I shall be glad to accept the courtesy of
your invitation. I have an important engagement at the
University of Illinois the last of April, and at this writ-
ing, the exact date has not been settled. I hope if my
April engagements run over into May, it will not be
more than a day or two, so that I can be with you cer-
tainly on Monday or Tuesday, or may be both days.
I await your further advice.
Your servant in Jesus Christ,
Baltimore, Md., March 1, 1912. PETER AlNSLIE.
PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
OF THE MENNONITE CHURCH OF
NORTH AMERICA
I gratefully acknowledge the receipt of your kind in-
vitation to the One Hundredth Anniversary of the
Founding of the Theological Seminary of your Church,
and it would, indeed, be a great pleasure to me to share
with you and many others the blessings of this impor-
tant occasion if circumstances did not prevent me from
it. With my thoughts and prayers, I shall be one of
your guests though, and I hope that the school will, under
God's guidance and protection, prosper in the future as
in the past.
With congratulations and best wishes,
Yours fraternally,
Hillsboro, Kan., March 25, 1912. H. D. PENNER.
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RESPONSES FROM
FOREIGN DIVINITY FACULTIES
THE FACULTY OF DIVINITY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
To the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Princeton
Theological Seminary.
The members of the Faculty of Divinity in the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh desire to send their most cordial
greetings to the Princeton Theological Seminary on the
celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of its estab-
lishment by the General Assembly. They rejoice at the
brilliant services which all during its history it has ren-
dered in defence of the faith "once for all delivered
to the saints," at the eminent names with which that his-
tory has been associated, at the lofty academic ideals
which it has maintained, at the splendid equipment which
it possesses for the training of candidates for the min-
istry in every branch of theological science and every
department of ministerial work.
They pray that the blessing of God which has attended
its work so richly in the past may abide upon it not less
richly in the years to come, so that, in the new century
of work on which it is entering, it may contribute in
ever-increasing measure to the advance of truth and the
promotion of the Kingdom of God.
In name and by authority of the Faculty of Divinity,
John Patrick, D.D., Dean of the Faculty.
March 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE FACULTY OF DIVINITY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
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To the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Theo-
logical Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey.
We the Dean, Secretary and Members of the Faculty
of Divinity in the University of Aberdeen, gratefully
acknowledge your courtesy in inviting us to send a repre-
sentative of our Faculty to be present at the celebration
of the Centenary of your far-famed Seminary. We
deeply regret that no member of the Faculty finds it in
his power to attend, but we have delegated the Reverend
Professor John Macnaughton, B.A., of M'Gill Univer-
sity, Montreal, a distinguished Graduate of the Uni-
versity of Aberdeen, to represent us and to be the bearer
of this Address.
Holding the same Reformed Faith as yourselves, ad-
hering to the same Theological Standards and maintain-
ing the same form of Church Government, we avail
ourselves gladly of this opportunity to congratulate you
on the noble service you have rendered to the cause of
Christian Truth during the last hundred years. Whilst
the distinctive type of theological scholarship which has
come to be associated with Princeton has been conser-
vative both in criticism and doctrine, we gratefully rec-
ognize that your Scholars have been ready to follow the
guidance of the Spirit of Truth into new fields of Chris-
tian thought and service.
We are proud to recall that an illustrious President of
Princeton College was a Scotsman descended from John
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Knox, Dr. John Witherspoon; that Dr. James M'Cosh,
a Scotsman with special ties to our University, was
largely instrumental in giving expansion to the old
Princeton College a generation ago ; and that on the hon-
oured roll of your past Teachers our Graduates have not
been unrepresented.
On this auspicious occasion we are glad to acknow-
ledge our deep indebtedness to the great Divines and
Scholars who have rendered your Seminary eminent
throughout the whole Christian world. The names of
the Alexanders, the Hodges, of William Henry Green,
and of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (still happily
among you in intellectual vigour), are held in honour
among us and in all the Churches of our country. Nor
are we insensible of the impulse which has been given by
Princeton to the noble cause of world-evangelization,
and of the splendid labours of such men as Dr. Robert
Elliott Speer who have carried the influence of Prince-
ton over the seas to the older lands.
It is our heartfelt prayer that the usefulness and
honour which have fallen to you in the century that has
gone may be increased many fold in the century to
which you look forward.
In name of the Faculty and by authority of the Sena-
tus Academicus.
(Signed) Thomas Nicol, M.A., D.D., Bean,
William A. Curtis, B.D., D.Litt.,
Secretary.
At Aberdeen April, 1912.
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NEW COLLEGE, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
To the Principal and Professors of Princeton
Theological Faculty.
We greatly regret that it is impossible for us to accept
your friendly invitation, and to commission one of our
number to present our congratulations personally at
your Celebrations. It would have been a privilege to
visit scenes associated, as the Burgh and College of New
Jersey are, with the names of George Washington and
Jonathan Edwards and with the early political and re-
ligious history of your great Republic, and, especially, to
join in your devout thanksgivings for the blessings which
God has vouchsafed to you since the foundation of your
Seminary in 1812. Both of the Churches which consti-
tute the United Free Church of Scotland, while profiting
from their fraternal relation with the Presbyterian
Churches of America, have learned to hold in special
honour theologians, pastors, and missionaries trained
within your walls. At New College we gladly recall the
fact that when in 1844, after the Disruption, Principal
William Cunningham was dispatched by our General
Assembly to investigate the working of the chief theo-
logical institutions in America, he spent many days as
the guest of your eminent President, Dr. Charles Hodge,
and formed intimate relations greatly valued by our
College. Since that date a sense of brotherhood has been
maintained by frequent intercourse and occasional inter-
change of students, which will, we venture to hope, not
only continue but increase.
We recognise respectfully the contributions which
have been made to the cause of sacred learning by the
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members of your staff, and the value of the training
which you give to students not only for the home min-
istry, but for the service of Christ in the mission field.
We trust that in the approaching celebrations you will
be cheered and led forward by the assurance of the good-
will of other Seminaries, by the increased loyalty of your
alumni, and by manifest tokens of the favouring pres-
ence of Almighty God.
With renewed fraternal greetings and congratula-
tions, and with high regard,
We are,
Yours very faithfully,
Alexander Whyte, D.D., LL.D., Principal,
Alexander Martin, D.D., Secretary.
2nd April, 1912.
THE UNITED FREE CHURCH COLLEGE,
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
I am instructed by the Secretary of this College to
acknowledge gratefully the invitation of the Directors,
Trustees and Faculty of Princeton Theological Semi-
nary to send a delegate to their Centenary Celebration
in May.
The Senatus, though unable to accept this honourable
invitation, desire to join with the friends of the Chris-
tian faith and of Christian learning everywhere in offer-
ing to the representatives of Princeton Seminary their
cordial and respectful congratulations on so interesting
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an occasion. They are well aware of the distinguished
service Princeton has rendered to the Church in the past,
and wish for it a no less honourable future.
I am,
Ever yours sincerely,
James Denney, Clerk to Senatus.
March 6, 1912.
THE UNITED FREE CHURCH COLLEGE AT
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
To the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of Princeton
Theological Seminary.
We, the members of the Senatus Academicus in the
United Free College at Aberdeen, send hearty congratu-
lations and brotherly greetings on the occasion of the
one hundredth anniversary of the Institution.
In no place outside of America itself is Princeton more
esteemed and loved than in Scotland. The names of her
great teachers are household words amongst us, and
their works are on the shelves of our manses.
We recall with pride the copious and priceless influ-
ences contributed for a hundred years to the growing life
of a great nation by the Seminary, as well as the con-
stant stream of men sent forth into the Foreign Mis-
sion field.
The perfection of the Seminary's equipment, while a
monument to the Christian liberality of the Presby-
terian Church, is a model for the schools of the prophets
in the whole world.
Finally, it is our hope and prayer, that the benediction
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of Heaven may rest on the Seminary in the future as it
has done in the past, and that there may be constant
expansion, to meet the necessities of the country and the
opportunities afforded by Providence, while the ideal,
expressed in the Plan of Foundation, is ever held fast—
to unite with solid learning the piety of the heart.
James Iveeach, D.D., Principal,
Geo. G. Cameron, D.D., Secretary,
James Stalker, D.D.,
David S. Cairns, D.D.
28 March, 1912.
THE FREE CHURCH COLLEGE, EDINBURGH,
SCOTLAND
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We, the Principal and Professors of the Free Church
College, Edinburgh, desire very warmly to thank the
Faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary for their
kind invitation to send a delegate to take part in the
forthcoming celebration of the Centenary of the Found-
ing of their Seminary.
In glad compliance with that invitation, the Senatus
of this College have appointed the Rev. Principal M'Cul-
loch as their representative, and herewith recall with
pleasure and gratitude the fraternal relations existing
of old between the Princeton Seminary and our Church.
We recall more specially the congratulations sent by
the New College, Edinburgh, to Dr. Hodge on the com-
pletion of his Systematic Theology, and to Dr. Green on
the attainment of his professorial jubilee.
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We also tender to the Princeton Seminary our
heartiest felicitations on its long and prosperous career,
so richly adorned at every stage by the ripe scholarship
and exalted piety of its renowned divines; whilst the
Princeton School of today, continuing the early tradition
of unswerving fidelity to the Word of God and the
Standards of the Reformed Church, has attained fore-
most rank by its valiant and victorious defence of the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments against the
assaults of the Higher Critics, as well as by its profound
and refreshing exposition of the Calvinistic type of
Theology in relation to modern thought, aspiration and
necessity.
We likewise offer to the Princeton Seminary our sin-
cerest congratulations on its splendid academic equip-
ment, its brilliant staff of Professors, the number and
excellence of its Students, and the sound evangelical
spirit which pervades all its activities. We earnestly
pray that the Divine blessing may rest yet more and
more upon its Professors and Students, so that in ever-
growing measure it may continue to be a centre of light
and a tower of strength to all who love the Kingdom of
our Lord.
James D. M'Culloch, Principal,
Wm. Menzies Alexander, M.A., B.Sc, M.D.,
B.D., Professor,
Colin A. Bannatyne, Professor,
Robert Moore, B.A., B.D., Professor,
J. Kennedy Cameron, Professor,
John MacLeod, M.A., Professor.
Free Church College, The Mound,
Edinburgh, 12th March, 1912.
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ASSEMBLY'S COLLEGE, BELFAST, IRELAND
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The Faculty of the Assembly's College, Belfast, Ire-
land, thanks the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of
Princeton Theological Seminary for the honour of their
invitation to send a delegate to the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of their
Seminary.
The Faculty congratulates Princeton Seminary on its
continued and increasing prosperity, and rejoices in the
great work which it has done during the last hundred
years in teaching, maintaining and defending the au-
thority and inspiration of the Holy Scriptures and the
pure doctrines of Evangelical Theology, and prays that
God will continue to bless the Seminary by making it
still more and more in the centuries yet to come a great
spiritual and intellectual force in the promotion of the
truth and righteousness of His everlasting Kingdom.
The Faculty regret that none of its members is able to
go to Princeton, but they appoint as their delegate an
alumnus of their College as well as of Princeton Semi-
nary, the Rev. John MacMillan, D.D., the Moderator of
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
Ireland.
Matthew Leitch, President of Faculty.
22d March, 1912.
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M'CREA-MAGEE PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE,
LONDONDERRY, IRELAND
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The Trustees and Faculty of the Magee Presbyterian
College, Londonderry, beg to thank the Directors, Trus-
tees and Faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary
for their kind invitation to send a delegate to the Cen-
tenary Celebration of the Seminary on May fifth, sixth
and seventh next, and to express their regret that they
are unable to have the pleasure of accepting this in-
vitation.
J. R. Leebody, D.Sc, President of Faculty.
March 16, 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY
OF DUBLIN UNIVERSITY, IRELAND
I am requested by the Theological Faculty of Dublin
University to thank cordially the Princeton Theological
Seminary for their request to send a delegate to repre-
sent Dublin at the Princeton Centenary Celebration in
May.
As that, however, is the busiest time of the year in our
Divinity School, it will be quite impossible for us to send
a delegate to Princeton.
We send fraternal greetings and hope that God's
blessing may rest upon your proceedings, and prosper
your subsequent Seminary life.
I am, Yours very truly,
Newport J. D. White,
Deputy Regius Professor of Divinity.
19 February, 1912.
Lison
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD, ENGLAND
I have received your kind invitation addressed to the
Theological Faculty of the University of Oxford, and
inviting them to be represented by a Delegate at your
Meeting in May. I laid it before the Board of the Fac-
ulty, and they begged me to thank you for the honour of
the invitation, but unluckily your Meeting comes in the
middle of our Term, when it is quite impossible for any-
body really representative of the Cause in Oxford to be
absent from work. It seemed to them unreal to send
anybody who did not come out of the heart of the life
here, and therefore they find themselves forced to de-
cline.
With many thanks, Believe me, Yours very truly,
R. S. Holland,
March 15th, 1912. Regius Professor of Divinity.
THE FACULTY OF DIVINITY, UNIVERSITY
OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
The Professors of Divinity in the University of Cam-
bridge beg leave to thank the Theological Seminary at
Princeton, New Jersey, for the invitation to send a dele-
gate to be present at the 100th anniversary of the estab-
lishment of this Seminary. They regret that as the
anniversary falls in May, when full term is being kept at
Cambridge, they are unable to avail themselves of this
kind offer.
H. B. Swete, Regius Professor of Divinity.
17 February, 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, ENGLAND
On behalf of the Theological Faculty in the University
of Durham, I am desired to express our best wishes to
the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church,
Princeton, New Jersey, on the occasion of their one hun-
dredth anniversary. We had appointed a delegate to
represent us, the Right Reverend, the Bishop of Mas-
sachusetts, but he was unfortunately unable to act for us,
and we had no time out of term to appoint anyone in his
place.
With our renewed good wishes for the continuous suc-
cess of a Seminary to which we owe so much, believe us,
Yours very truly,
R. J. Knowling, D.D., Dean of the Faculty,
Professor of Divinity and Canon of Durham.
May 2, 1912.
THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY
OF LONDON, KING'S COLLEGE
I beg to inform you that the Council at their meeting
this week resolved to appoint the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Courtney, Rector of St. James, New York, as their
representative at the one hundredth anniversary of the
establishment of the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States of America at
Princeton, New Jersey.
We are writing to the Bishop asking him if he would
be able to represent the College on the occasion.
Yours faithfully,
March 7th, 1912. Walter Smith, Secretary.
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THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY
OF LONDON
I have to inform you that the Establishment and Gen-
eral Purposes Committee of the Senate, at their last
meeting, had under consideration the invitation of the
Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary to appoint a delegate to represent the
Faculty of Theology of this University on the occasion
of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of
the establishment of the Seminary, to be held in Prince-
ton, New Jersey, on May 5th, 6th and 7th, 1912.
With reference thereto, the Committee have directed
me to thank you for the invitation and to express their
regret that it has not been possible to find a delegate able
to leave this country at the time mentioned.
I am further to convey to you the warmest wishes of
the Committee for the continued prosperity of your
Seminary. I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
March 22nd 1912. Henry A. Miees, Principal.
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
The Senatus of Westminster College, being prevented
by the exigencies of the present term and the breadth of
the Atlantic from accepting the invitation to appear by
delegate at the celebration of the centenary of Princeton
Theological Seminary, can but send their greetings and
good wishes by the imperfect medium of writing. Only
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one of our number has ever had the honour of being
within your precincts, but we all know that you are the
most frequented of Presbyterian Colleges among the
English-speaking race, that you have had teachers fa-
mous on both sides the Atlantic, that your alumni have
taken a large and honourable part in shaping the re-
ligious life of America, and that your present is worthy
of your past. We offer you our heartiest congratulations
on your achievement, and express our hopes of still
greater things that God may have in store for you in the
time to come.
Would that we, the sole Presbyterian Theological Col-
lege in all England, could anticipate for ourselves a like
position and influence ; but we trust at least that God has
still larger truth in store for us both, that our service will
not fail to meet the perplexities of our time and the vast
social and religious problems which are much alike in the
New World and the Old, and that, as God measures our
real influence for truth and godliness, we shall, through
His blessing, have good success.
John Skinner, D.D., Principal,
John Gibb, D.D., Professor,
[Seal] John Oman, D.Phil., D.D., Professor,
April, 1912 C. Anderson Scott, D.D., Professor.
NEW COLLEGE AND HACKNEY COLLEGE,
LONDON
The Joint Theological Faculty of New and Hackney
Colleges, Hampstead, London, desire to thank the Theo-
logical Seminary of Princeton, New Jersey, for the
honour of an invitation to its Centenary festival in May.
It is a matter of great regret to us that circumstances
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do not allow us to send a personal representative to an
occasion so happy and distinguished.
But we beg that we may not be denied the privilege of
being heard among the many congratulations from the
realms both of sound learning and true piety.
We remember the high tradition and the famous men
that have made the name of Princeton familiar to the
world and precious to the Church as a seat of sacred let-
ters and Godly discipline.
We welcome the opportunity of rejoicing in the joy of
a sister Communion; and of recognising that the
Churches of the Gospel are members one of another.
We, further, hail an occasion of expressing the unity
of two nations which are one in blood and speech, one in
a long common history, and one in the culture that makes
the nations members of Humanity.
And we pray that, as Princeton is beautiful for situa-
tion, so also it may continue to be rich in Christ's
Wisdom and Knowledge, and powerful for the world
purposes of the Eternal Spirit.
Alfred E. Gaevie, M.A., D.D.,
Principal of New College.
P. T. Forsyth, M.A., D.D.,
Principal of Hackney College.
Wm. H. Bennett, D.D., Litt.D.
Herbert T. Andrews, B.A.
Herbert Hayes Scttllard, M.A., D.D.
MANSFIELD COLLEGE, OXFORD, ENGLAND
I write on behalf of the Professors and Tutors of
Mansfield College to thank you for the invitation you
have conveyed to us to be represented at the Centenary
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Celebrations of Princeton Seminary. It is a matter of
great regret to us that as the date falls in our working
term we are unable to send a delegate. At the same time I
am instructed to convey to you our warmest congratula-
tions on the occasion and our good wishes for the future.
I am,
Yours faithfully,
March 19, 1912. W. B. Selbie, Principal.
BAPTIST COLLEGE,
REGENT'S PARK, N. W., LONDON
The members of the Theological Faculty of the Bap-
tist College, at Regent's Park, London, send cordial
congratulations to the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church at Princeton, New Jersey, and express
their regret that they cannot avail themselves of its
invitation to send a representative to attend the Cen-
tenary Celebration to be held in May next.
February 20, 1912.
MANCHESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD, ENGLAND
We are much honoured by the invitation of the Direc-
tors, Trustees and Faculty of your Seminary to take
part in the Centenary Celebration of its foundation next
May. I greatly regret that we can none of us avail our-
selves of the opportunity to meet the many distinguished
scholars who will be then assembled, and enjoy the hospi-
tality of your famous School. Our philosophical lec-
turer, the Rev. L. P. Jacks, M.A., is to visit your country
this spring; but he informs me to-day that he cannot
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leave here till May 7th, and we must consequently forego
the pleasure of being represented at your gathering.
With best wishes for the success of your gathering,
and the future prosperity of your Seminary, believe me,
Very faithfully yours,
J. Estlin Caepentek, Principal.
February 28th, 1912.
ST. DAVIDS COLLEGE, LAMPETER, WALES
I am sorry it is impossible at the date you mention for
us to send a representative of this College to join in the
celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of your
establishment.
But I am requested to convey to you our congratula-
tions, and to express the hope that your gathering may
be in every way successful and that your work may go on
successfully in the future.
Yours faithfully,
March l, 1912. Ll. J. M. Bebb, Principal.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS
De Theologische faculteit der gemeentelijke Universi-
teit te Amsterdam ontving met groote belangstelling
Uwe mededeeling betreffende de viering van het honderd-
jarig bestaan van het Theologisch Seminarie te Prince-
ton, New Jersey, en is zeer erkentelijk voor de vriende-
lijke uitnoodiging aan haar gericht om zich daarbij te
doen vertegenwoordigen. Deze uitnoodiging op hoogen
prijs stellende, ziet de Theologische faculteit der stede-
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lijke Universiteit van Amsterdam zich tot haar leed-
wezen verplicht U mede te deelen dat zij zich niet zal
kunne doen vertegenwoordigen bij gelegenheid der
feestviering van Uw Seminarie. Zij volgt evenwel met
levendige en begrijpelijke belangstelling deze Uwe feest-
viering en wenscht U toe dat de tweede nu aanbrekende
eeuw van het bestaan van Uw Seminarie van niet minder
activiteit en vrnchtbaarheid op bet terrein der theolo-
gische studie moge getnigen dan dit in de eerste eeuw
van bet bestaan van Uw Seminarie het geval heeft mogen
zijn. Moge Uw Seminarie zich voortdurend verheugen
in toenemenden bloei en Gods zegen rijkelijk rusten op
den arbeid van alien die er aan werkzaam zijn.
De theologische faculteit van de gemeentelijke
Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Maart 1912. D. E. J. VoLTER, VOOTZ. Her.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN,
NETHERLANDS
The Theological Faculty of the University of Gronin-
gen, greatly honoured by your invitation for the hun-
dredth Anniversary of your establishment, feels obliged
to answer that it did not succeed in finding a delegate for
the occasion. Nevertheless the Faculty expresses its best
wishes for the success of the festival and the future wel-
fare of the Seminary.
The Theological Faculty of Groningen,
C. D. van Rhijn, President.
H. U. Meyboom, Secretary.
February 27th, 1912.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS
To the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America, at Princeton, New
Jersey.
The theological Faculty of the University of Leiden
regrets that it is impossible for it to accept the invitation
of the Directors, Trustees and Faculty to send a repre-
sentative to the celebration of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the foundation of the Theological Seminary at
Princeton by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America.
The members of the Faculty and the Ecclesiastical
Professors associated with them desire to express their
sincere congratulations on the long and valuable services
which the Theological Seminary has been enabled to ren-
der to the education of ministers in the Presbyterian
Church, to the deepening and broadening of the spiritual
life of the citizens of the United States, and to the cause
of learning in all countries of the world. They hope that
the second century of life on which the Seminary is now
entering may be as distinguished in enterprise and as
brilliant in achievement as the hundred years which have
now been brought to so honourable a close.
B. D. Eeedmans, President.
Kiesopp Lake, Secretary.
Leiden, 27 February, 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS
Seminarii Theologici, quod Ecclesiae Presbyterianae in
oppido Princetons est, Curatoribus Professoribus
Doctoribus S. P. D. Facultas Theologica Universi-
tatis Ultraiectinae.
Propter Seminarii Vestri dignitatem et doctrinae cele-
britatem eximiam cum magnopere optaremur ut nobis
contingeret, Viri Amplissimi Clarissimi Doctissimi, Vos
praesentes compellare, hanc nobis felicitatem negavit
adversitas temporis, quoniam causae multae ac variae
impediebant ne quis nostrum mense Maio legatus ad Vos
proficisceretur.
Ergo quod praesentibus non licet, per hasce litteras
facimus ut Vobis, Viri Amplissimi Clarissimi Doctis-
simi, centesimum natalem Vestri Seminarii ex animi
sententia gratulemur. Ut saeculum alteram quod iam
instat Deus O. M. Vobis fortunet toto pectore nos precari
scitote.
Quod nos amicos hospitesque gaudiis Vestris caere-
moniisque interesse voluistis, Vobis debitas agimus
gratias.
Denique ita Deus O. M. Vos omni bonorum fortuna-
rumque genere cumulet, ut Vos ipsi, quos propter insig-
nem humanitatem, doctrinam, virtutem magni facimus,
eximia Vestra benevolentia nos dignari voluistis.
H. Visscher, Dr. Tlieol.
ord. h. t. pr.
J. A. C. van Leeuwen, Dr. Tlieol.
Dabamus Traiecti ad Rhenum or &' *" t ' ^-actis.
Id. April, a. MCMXII.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE
DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, STEL-
LENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA
The Professors of the Theological Seminary of the
D. R. Church, at Stellenbosch, wish to express their ap-
preciation of your kind invitation to be represented by a
delegate at the celebration of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the establishment of your Seminary.
They regret that it will not be possible for them to
participate in the celebration of an event, which has
proved such a rich blessing to the Presbyterian Church
in America and such a power for good in the develop-
ment of religion and theological thought, and they ear-
nestly pray that your Seminary may ever by divine grace
be enabled to uphold the glorious traditions of the past.
I have the honor to be,
Yours in our common Lord and Saviour,
A. Mooreees,
Scriba of the Faculty.
March 20, 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
The Theological Faculty of the University of Copen-
hagen sends its cordial thanks to the Theological Semi-
nary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
of America at Princeton, New Jersey, for the invitation
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to be represented by a delegate at the centennial anni-
versary but regrets being unable to accept the invitation.
We express our best wishes for the future of the Semi-
nary.
J. P. Bang, Decanus.
April 4. 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY
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The Theological Faculty of the University of Norway
acknowledges with thanks the invitation to name a dele-
gate to represent her at the Celebration of the one hun-
dredth Anniversary of the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church, Princeton, New Jersey, on the 5th,
6th and 7th of May, this year.
Our Faculty heartily congratulates the Theological
Seminary upon one hundred years of glorious history,
but regrets being unable to send a delegate to this impor-
tant Celebration.
Andreas Brantrud, Dean.
S. Sverdrup, Secretary.
April 4, 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF HELSINGFORS, FINLAND
On behalf of the Theological Faculty of the University
of Helsingfors, I beg to acknowledge your kind invita-
tion to the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary
of the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey,
and to thank you most cordially for it.
It is with very great regret that we are compelled to
refuse the invitation, as we have no opportunity of send-
ing a delegate to represent us on that occasion.
Believe me,
Yours faithfully,
G. G. Rosenqvist, Dean.
March 13th, 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF BERLIN, GERMANY
Dem theologischen Seminar zu Princeton, New Jer-
sey, entbietet die Theologische Fakultat zu Berlin ihre
warmsten Griisse. Indem wir fur die so freundliche
Einladung zu Ihrem Jubelfest unseren ehrerbietigen
Dank aussprechen, bedauern wir zugleich lebhaft keinen
Delegirten senden zu konnen, da wir ja Ende April unsere
Semesterarbeit wieder aufnehmen mlissen. Aber es ist
uns ein aufrichtigsters Bedurfnis mit unseren aus
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warmen Herzen kommenden Segenswiinschen bei Ihrein
Fest vertreten zu sein.
Von Anfang an hat Ihre Kirchengemeinschaft Ge-
wicht gelegt anf die umf assende wissenschaftliche Aus-
riistung der Geistlichkeit. Aus dieser Tendenz ist auch
das Theologische Seminar zu Princeton hervorgegangen
und es hat ihr gedient nun ein Jahrhundert iiber in
ernster und hingebender Arbeit. Hundert Jahre sind es
auch her, dass unsere Berliner Theologische Fakultat zu
demselben Zweck tatig gewesen ist und schon in unseren
Anfangen ist einer der Ihrigen Charles Hodge, der fiir
Ihre Sache dann so grosse Bedeutung gewonnen hat,
unser Gast gewesen. Aber an einem hohen Fest, wie Sie
es begehen, denkt man nicht nur der Beziehungen der
einzelnen Personen, sondern vor allem empfangt man
das starke Bewusstsein der Zusammengehorigkeit im
Ruckblick auf die gemeinsamen Aufgaben, die uns zu
losen libertragen waren. Es gait Ihnen wie uns um die
Wahrheit ringen und mit ihr die junge Mannschaft aus-
zuriisten, die in die heiligen Kriege des himmlischen
Herrn ausziehen sollten. Aus solcher Gemeinschaft der
kochsten Aufgaben hervor ruf en wir Ihnen von Herzen
den Wunsch zu, dass Sie das Banner unseres himm-
lischen Herrn Jesus Christus auch weiterhin in unge-
schwachter Freudigkeit f esthalten mogen und dass Gott
in Gnaden die Kirche und ihre kiinftigen Diener auch in
Ihrer Gemeinschaft um dies Banner sammeln moge !
Mit dem nochmaligen Ausdruck der warmsten Segens-
wiinsche zu Ihrein Jubilaum,
Die theologische Fakultat zu Berlin
Dr. Reinhold Seeberg,
15. April 1912. Dekcm.
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THE CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF BONN, GERMANY
Dem hochgeekrten Theologischen Seminar zu Prince-
ton beehrt sich der Dekan der katholisch-theologischen
Fakultat zu Bonn fur die Einladung zum hundertjahri-
gen Jubilaeum am 5. bis 7. Mai 1912 den geziemenden
Dank auszusprechen. Damit verbinde ich meine herz-
lichste Gratulation zur ehrwiirdigen Gedenkfeier und
den innigen Wunsch, dass das Theologische Seminar
auch im zweiten Saeculum seines Bestehens fur Gott,
Vaterland und Wissenschaf t arbeiten und herrliche Er-
f olge erzielen moge.
In ausgezeichneter Hochschatzung
ergebenst
Feldmann, Dekan.
28. April 1912.
THE ROYAL LYCEUM
OF BRAUNSBERG, GERMANY
[telegram]
Herzlichen Gluckwunsch.
Theologische Fakultat Braunsberg.
May 5, 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN, GERMANY
Fur Hire giitige Einladung zur Jubelf eier sagen wir
herzlichen Dank. Da diese Feier in den Anfang unserer
Semesterarbeit fallt, so nmssten wir aus Riicksicht auf
unsre Berufspflicliten es uns versagen, einen Abgeord-
neten zu diesem Feste zu entsenden. Gerne aber und von
Herzen bringen wir Ihnen warme Gliickwiinsche dar.
Mit Befriedigung blicken Sie auf ein Jahrhundert
treuer und erspriesslicher Arbeit zurlick. Mochte es
Ihnen gegonnt sein, im Dienst Ihrer Kirche und des
gemeinsamen Herrn der Kirche fruehtbar weiterzu-
wirken f iir den christlichen Glauben und seine Geltung
innerhalb der weiten Menschheit !
Hochachtungsvollst u. ergebenst
Theologische Fakultat der Universitat Erlangen
D. Bachmann,
z. Z. Dekan.
1. April 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG i. B., GERMANY
Die theologische Fakultat der Universitat zu Frei-
burg i. B., Deutsches Reich, ist durch die berufliche
Tatigkeit verhindert, die Hundertjahrfeier Ihres theo-
logischen Seminars durch einen Vertreter aus ihrer
Mitte zu beschicken.
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Sie dankt verbindlichst fiir die ehrenvolle Einladung
imd wiinsckt, dass die Feier der Wissenschaf t zum Segen
gereichen moge.
Im Geiste, der Zeugnis gibt, dass Christus die Wahr-
heit ist, [1 Joh. 5, 6]
Hochachtend
Dr. Simon Weber,
d. zt. Dekan.
8. Marz 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE ROYAL
BAVARIAN LYCEUM, FREISING, GERMANY
Wir danken den Rev. Herren Kollegen fiir die giitige
Einladung zur Sakularfeier Hires Bestehens und Wir-
kens und indem wir bedauem, dass es uns nicht moglich
war, einen Vertreter zu delegieren, wiinschen wir den
Rev. Herren Kollegen noch viele Jahrhunderte erspriess-
liclien segensreiclien Wirkens.
Im Auftrag der theologischen Abteilung des Kgl.
Bayr. Lyzeums Freising :
D. Dr. Joseph Schlecht,
p. t. Rektor.
7. Mai 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF GIESSEN, GERMANY
Im Namen und Auftrag meiner Herren Kollegen
danke ich verbindlichst fiir die uns freiindlich zuge-
sandte Einladung zur Jubelfeier des Seminars. Wir
sind leider verhindert, einen Vertreter zu dieser Feier zu
senden, gedenken aber des Seminars, dem wir uns auck
auf dem Gebiet der wissenschaf tlichen Arbeit verbunden
und verpflichtet fiihlen, mit treuen Segenswlinschen.
Dr. Gustav Kruger,
derzeit. Dekan.
24. 2. 12.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN, GERMANY
Sagen wir fiir die liebenswiirdige Einladung zur Jahr-
hundertfeier Ihres theologischen Seminars unsern ver-
bindlichen Dank. Es ist uns leider nicht moglich, einen
Abgeordneten zu Ihrem Feste zu senden, aber wir geben
dem Wunsche Ausdruek, dass das Seminar auch im kom-
menden Jahrhundert sicb als Pflanzstatte charakter-
voller Frommigkeit, als theologische Bildungsstatte und
als Bollwerk theologischer wissenscbaftlicher Arbeit be-
wabren moge.
Die theologische Fakultat
Titius.
15. Marz 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF HALLE-WITTENBERG, GERMANY
Dem Theological Seminary in Princeton N. J. sende
ich zu seiner Hundertjahrfeier den herzlicken Gliick-
wunsch unserer Fakultat leider zu spat. Eine schwere
Erkrankung unseres gegenwartigen Dekans bitte ich als
Entschuldigung dieser Versaunmis gelten zu lassen.
Das Princeton-Theological-Seminary kann mit dank-
barer Freude zuruckblicken auf die 100 Jahre seit 1812.
Nicht mehr als neun Studenten sammelten sich 1812 um
den ersten und einzigen Professor, Dr. Archibald Alexan-
der. Hunderte von Studenten sind seitdem durch das
Seminar gegangen; und die jetzige Zahl der Studenten
wird das Zwanzigfache der Anfangzeit sein. Das Semi-
nar hat in den hundert Jahren, auf die es jetzt zuriick-
sieht, der presbyterianischen Kirche wertvolle Dienste
geleistet. Und manche Professoren haben in dem Jahr-
hundert an dem Seminar gewirkt, deren Gedachtnis noch
heute in Ehren steht.
Moge das neue Jahrhundert, das dem Seminar begon-
nen hat, seine gesegnete Wirksamkeit ihm erhalten und
sie steigern— zum Besten der presbyterianischen Kirche
und zur Ehre dessen, dem alle theologische Arbeit dienen
soil!
In hochachtungsvoller Begrtissung
ergebenst
D. Friedkich Loofs,
Prodekan.
29. April 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
Die Theologische Fakultat der Universitat Heidelberg
spricht ihren ganz ergebenen Dank aus fiir die freund-
liche und elirenvolle Einladung zum Jubilaum Ihres
Seminars. Wir bedauern lebhaft, dass die Arbeit des
Semesters keinem unsrer Prof essoren gestatten wird, an
Ihrem Feste teilzunehmen. Um so mehr haben wir den
Wunsch, Ihnen auszusprechen, dass wir an der Freude
mid dem Ernste, mit denen Sie Ihre Feier begehen wer-
den, von Herzen teilnehmen.
Wir wissen uns mit Ihnen einig in der Ueberzeugung,
dass das Evangelium der Gegenwart ebenso unentbehr-
lich ist wie der Vergangenheit, dass es aber seine Auf-
gabe an der heutigen Welt nur erfiillen kann, wenn es
mit alien edlen Bestrebungen der Wahrheitserkenntnis
mit verbindet.
Wir sind mit Ihnen iiberzeugt, dass theologische Ar-
beit lauterstes Wahrheitsstreben aber anch tiefsten sitt-
lichen und religiosen Ernst zur Voraussetzung hat.
Wir glauben und hoffen mit Ihnen, dass es der Theolo-
gie gelingen moge, immer mehr zu solchen Ergebnissen
zu gelangen, die ein Gemeingut aller Theologen und,
wenn Gott will, auch aller Christen werden konnen.
In diesem Sinne reichen wir Ihnen die Hand mit den
warmsten Segenswiinschen fiir Ihre Arbeit.
Im Auftrage der Theologischen Fakultat
D. Johannes Weiss
li.t. decanus
13. April 1912.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF JENA, GERMANY
Dem hochwiirdigen Vorstande und Prof essorencolle-
gium des Theologischen Seminars zu Princeton, New
Jersey, spricht die Theologische Fakultat zu Jena ver-
bindlichsten Dank aus fur die Mitteilung iiber die am
5.-7. Mai 1912 stattfindende Saecularfeier des Seminars
und f iir die f reundliche Einladung, einen Vertreter zur
Teilnahme an dieser Feier zu senden. Leider ist es
wegen der weiten Entf ernung nicht moglich, dieser Ein-
ladung zu entsprechen. Aber die Theologische Fakultat
zu Jena sendet dem Theologischen Seminare zu Prince-
ton ihre herzlichsten Gluck- und Segenswiinsche zu der
bevorstehenden Saecularfeier. Mogen dem Seminare
noch viele Jahrhunderte erfolgreichen Wirkens im
Dienste der christlichen Theologie und Kirche be-
schieden sein !
Die Theologische Fakultat der Universitat Jena.
D. H. H. Wendt,
z. Z. Dekan.
5. Miirz 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF KONIGSBERG, GERMANY
Dem Theologischen Seminar von Princeton sendet die
theologische Facultat von Konigsberg zu dem gliick-
lich vollendeten ersten Jahrhundert ihre herzlichen
Gliickwiinsche.
Wie von Konigsberg durch den kategorischen Impera-
tiv Kants eine Erneuerung des sittlichen Bewusstseins
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
in Deutschland erging, so hat der ernste und tapfere
Geist des Presbyterianismus in Hirer Facultat eine her-
vorragende Statte seiner Betatigung gefunden. Manner
von weithin bekannten Namen haben dem College von
Princeton angehort und zu der Bllite desselben beige-
tragen.
Moge auch in dem neuen Jahrhundert das theologische
Seminar von Princeton ein weithin leuchtendes Licht
auf dem Berge sein, moge es den echten Geist theolo-
gischer Wissenschaft fort und fort pflegen, moge die
enge Beziehung zwischen deutscher und amerikanischer
Wissenschaft zum Segen beider Lander auch in dem
neuen Saeculum, in das Ihr Seminar eintritt, ihre heil-
samen Friichte zeitigen und der geistige Austausch dies-
seits und jenseits des Oceans eine stete gegenseitige
Bereicherung hervorbringen.
Die theologische Facultat
der Albertus-Universitat Konigsberg
D. Dr. Dorner,
Marz 1912. *' Z ' Dekan '
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVEESITY OF LEIPZIG, GERMANY
Fiir die uns zugekommene Einladung zur Feier Hires
hundertjahrigen Jubilaums sagen wir Ihnen unsern ver-
bindlichen Dank.
1st es auch bei der grossen Entfernung zu unserem
Bedauern nicht moglich, dass eines unserer Mitglieder
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Ihnen personlich unsere herzlichen Segenswiinsche aus-
spricht, so nehmen wir doch nicht minder warmen Anteil
an Ihrer Feier. Moge des Allmachtigen Gnade und
Segen Sie und Ihre Arbeit ferner begleiten und moge es
Ihnen auch in der Zukunft wie bisher vergonnt sein, der
Kirche Christi und der Wissenschaft Manner heranzu-
bilden, die beiden in gleichem Masse zur Ehre gereichen.
In amtsbriiderlicher Verbundenheit
Die theologische Fakultat Leipzig
D. Rttd. Kittel, z. Z. Dekan.
3. Marz 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MARBURG, GERMANY
Dem Theologischen Seminar in Princeton danken wir
herzlich fur die Einladung zu der Jahrhundertfeier am
5. 6. und 7. Mai. Zu unserm Bedauern ist es uns aus
aiissern Griinden nicht moglich gewesen, uns durch einen
Delegierten vertreten zu lassen. Aber wir nehmen auch
in der Feme aufrichtigen und herzlichen Anteil an der
schonen Feier der nachsten Tage. Wir begliickwiinschen
das Seminar, dass es ihm durch Gottes Gnade vergonnt
ist, auf diese lange Zeit reicher Arbeit zuriickzublicken,
und freuen uns des grossen Segens, dessen Quelle es fiir
die Presbyterian Church gewesen ist. Herzlich wiin-
schen wir, dass Gottes Gnade ferner liber dem Seminar
walte, es fiir die heimatliche Kirche zu einer unversieg-
lichen Quelle cles Segens mache und zu einer bluhenden
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Pflegstatte theologischer Wissenschaft, welcher der ge-
samte Protestantismus sich zu Dank verpflichtet weiss.
Wir griissen das Seminar im Namen und Geist Jesu
Christi.
Die Theologische Fakultat der altesten protestant-
ischen Universitat.
Der Dekan:
DR. THEOL. W. HEITMtJLLER.
27. April 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH, GERMANY
Das theologische Seminar der Presbyterian Church in
den Vereinigten Staaten von America zu Princeton New
Jersey hat die theologische Fakultat der Universitat
Munch en zur Teilnahme an der hundertjahrigen Ge-
dachtniss-Feier ihres Bestehens in edler collegialer Ge-
sinnung eingeladen. Wir danken auf richtig und herzlich
fiir diese Aufmerksamkeit. Leider ist es uns nicht mog-
lich, einen Delegierten dahin abzuordnen. Wir begliick-
wiinschen das Seminar von ganzem Herzen zu der so
schonen und erf reulichen und erhabenen Feier und wiin-
schen zugleich, dass dasselbe fiir alle Zukunft wachse,
bluhe und gedeihe.
In aller Verehrung
Prof. Dr. L. Atzberger,
z. Z. Dekan der theol. Fakultat.
26. April 1912.
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THE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL FACULTY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF STRASSBURG
i. E., GERMANY
Der freundliche Einladung zu Hirer Jahrhundertfeier
vermag kein Mitglied unsrer Fakultat zu f olgen. Audi
abgesehen von der Grosse der Entfernung macht der
Umstand, dass Ihr Fest in die Zeit des begonnenen Som-
mer-Semesters f allt, die personliche Teilnahme eines der
Unsere zu einer Unmoglichkeit. Aber wir diirfen ver-
sichern, dass wir in den Festtagen Hirer nicht nur in
Gemeinschaft des Geistes und des Glaubens gedenken
werden, sondern aucli Ikrer hohen Schule, Lehrenden
wie Lernenden, zum Heile der theologischen Wissen-
schaft und zum Segen der evangelischen Kirche in der
neuen Welt ein f erneres f rohliches Gedeihen von Herzen
wiinschen.
Personlich begriisst der Unterzeichnete noch mit be-
sonderer Freude eine Arbeitsgenossenschaf t, welche, wie
er der Kirche Calvins zugehorig, auch fiir die Zukunft
der Sache des Evangeliums die Giiter zu erhalten strebt,
die der Christenheit und insbesondere der Theologie, ja
der allgemeinen Wohlf alirt und Weltkultur durch den
Wahrheitsernst und die sittliche Zucht, durch die Stand-
liaftigkeit und die Opfermut unsrer ref ormierten Glau-
bensvater erworben wurden.
Moge die gesegnete Statte Hirer Wirksamkeit bis in
die fernsten Zeit en ein Licht bedeuten und weithin das
stolze und klihne apostolische Bekenntnis verkiindigen :
"Unser Glaube ist der Sieg, der die Welt iiberwunden
hat"[Uoh.5,4].
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Im Auftrage der evangelisch-theologischen Fakultat
der Kaiser- Wilhelms-Universitat Strassburg :
Dr. Julius Smend, D.D.,
ordentlicher Professor der Tlieologie,
z. Zt. Dekan.
Am Tage des Edikts von Nantes,
den 13. April 1912.
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THE CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF STRASSBURG
i. E., GERMANY
Der hohen Fakultat des theologischen Seminars der
presbyterianischen Kirche d. V. St. spricht die katho-
lisch-theologische Fakultat der Kaiser- Wilhelms-Uni-
versitat zu Strassburg ihren ergebensten Dank aus fur
die giitige Einladung zur hundertjahrigen Gedenkfeier.
Leider haben die Verhaltnisse unserer Fakultat es uns
unmoglicli gemacht, einen Abgesandten an der Feier teil-
nehmen zu lassen. So bitten wir, auf diesem Wege un-
sere Gltickwunsche clarbringen zu dlirfen.
Die katholisch-theologische Fakultat
B6CKENHOFF,
z. Z. Dekan.
25. April 1912.
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THE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL FACULTY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TUBINGEN,
GERMANY
Unsere Fakultat spricht fiir die Einladung zu der
Hundertjahrfeier Ihres Seminars den verbindlichsten
Dank aus. Da es keinem nnserer Mitglieder moglich ist
bei der Feier personlich zu erscheinen, senden wir Ihnen
die herzlichsten Gliickwiinsche aus der Gemeinschaft des
evangelischen Glaubens und der Arbeit an der theolo-
gischen Jugend her aus.
Unsere Arbeit muss mit jedem Jahrgang Studierender
neu anfangen, und jedes Geschlecht stellt unserer Wis-
senschaft neue Aufgaben der Abwehr, Neubegrtindung
und neuer Begriffsbildung. Was uns die Sicherheit und
die gewisse Hoffnung gibt bei dieser stets wechselnden
Aufgabe, das ist die Zuversicht, dass unser Glaube in
ewigem Grunde wurzelt, ein Gut liber der Zeit, darum
audi gemeinsames Band von Glaubensgenossen ver-
schiedener Continente und Volker. In dieser Zuversicht
griissen wir und wiinschen fiir das zweite Jahrhundert
die Gnade des ewigen Gottes.
D. Wurster,
Dekan der evang. theolog.
Fakultat Tubingen.
12. Marz 1912.
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THE CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF TUBINGEN, GERMANY
Die katholiscli-theologische Fakultat wiinsclit dem
Theologischen Seminar zu Princeton alles Gute znm hun-
dertjahrigen Jubilaum, vor allem einen glanzenden Ver-
lauf der Festesf eier. Hire Mitglieder sind leider verkin-
dert, daran teilzunehmen.
Mit vorziiglicher Hochachtung
RlESSLER,
Derzeit. Dekan.
26. Februar 1912.
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THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF THE
WEST, ANGERS, FRANCE
Le Doyen et les Prof esseurs de la Faculte de Theologie
de l'Universite catholique de l'Ouest remercient les
Directeurs, Administratenrs et Faculte du Seminaire
theologique de l'Eglise presbyterienne de Princeton de
la gracieuse invitation qu 'ils leur ont adressee. lis regret-
tent de ne pouvoir y repondre par 1 'envoi d'un delegue,
vu la distance qui les separe de l'Amerique. Mais ils
s 'unissent a eux de cosur pour f eter le centieme anniver-
saire de leur fondation. Ils sont heureux d'offrir, sur
le terrain scientifique, un fraternel hommage a des pro-
fesseurs dont les travaux ont porte au loin la reputation.
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lis souhaitent au Seminaire de Princeton, un des plus
anciens et des plus illustres foyers de la science ameri-
caine, des succes tou jours nouveaux, dignes de son glo-
rieux passe.
Le Doyen,
A. Legendre.
le 25 mars 1912. t SEAL]
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THE CATHOLIC FACULTIES OF
LYONS, FRANCE
Le Recteur des Facultes catholiques ; le Doyen et les
Professeurs de la Faculte de Theologie ont l'honneur
d'exprimer a Messieurs les Directeurs et Adrninistra-
teurs du Seminaire de Princeton leurs remerciements
pour leur aimable invitation. La Faculte ne pourra pas
se faire representer par un delegue; mais elle fait les
meilleurs voeux pour le succes de la fete du centenaire.
F. Lavallee,
le 19 fevrier 1912. recteur.
THE FREE FACULTY OF PROTESTANT
THEOLOGY, MONTAUBAN, FRANCE
La Faculte de Montauban s'est sentie tres honoree par
1 'invitation que vous lui avez adressee— en meme temps
que par les invitations speciales f aites a deux de ses mem-
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bres, qui ont eu le tres grand regret de ne pouvoir y
repondre.
Elle vous remercie. Elle sait qu'il y a entre le Semi-
naire theologique de Princeton et la Faculte de Montau-
ban un lieu tout special. Ici et la, on cultive avec un soin
particulier la memoire du Reformat eur Calvin. Nous
n'ignorons pas tout ce que vous avez fait par vos ou-
vrages et par votre Revue pour f aire connaitre et appre-
cier l'oeuvre et la pensee de celui qui fut un des plus
grands Frangais de France et un des plus grands Chre-
tiens de la chretiente.
Et precisement ces jours-ci, un disciple du Seminaire
theologique de Princeton, le missionnaire et secretaire
general du mouvement des etudiants volontaires, Mon-
sieur Wilder, nous a raconte comment ce fut a Princeton
que naquit la Federation universelle des etudiants Chre-
tiens, cette Federation dont le caractere est oecumenique
et dont la devise est: "faire Christ Roi":— un caractere
et une devise specialement calvinistes.
C 'est dans ces sentiments que nous vous envoy ons nos
vceux les plus sinceres uour votre Seminaire,— et que
nous demandons a Dieu de faire reposer sa benediction
sur son activite ulterieure.
Recevez, Monsieur, 1 'assurance de nos sentiments con-
fraternels et Chretiens.
Pour la Faculte
Le Doyen
E. DOUMERGUE.
le ler mars 1912.
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THE FACULTY OF PROTESTANT THEOLOGY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS
La Faculte libre de theologie protestante de Paris a
ete tres honoree et touchee de l'invitation que le Theo-
logical Seminary of the Presbyterian Church de Prince-
ton lui a adressee de se f aire representer aux fetes du
jubile centenaire de cet' etablissement.
La Faculte eut ete heureuse de charger un de ses mem-
bres de vous porter en personne ses salutations et ses
voeux. Malheureusement les circonstances ne le lui per-
mettent pas. Aussi doit-elle se contenter de vous envoyer
par ecrit 1 'expression de sa gratitude en meme temps que
ses vo3ux pour que votre maison continue d'etre benie.
Dans le siecle d'activite que vous terminez, il vous a
ete donne de rendre d'importants services a la science
chretienne et a l'Eglise pour laquelle vous travaillez.
Nous demandons a Dieu de feconder votre activite dans
la periode nouvelle de vie qui s'ouvre pour vous.
Le Doyen
le 17 mars 1912. Ed - VauCHER.
THE BIBLICAL SCHOOL OF JERUSALEM
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Les Professeurs de l'Ecole biblique de Jerusalem sont,
comme moi, tres honores de votre invitation d'assister
au centenaire de la f ondation de votre seminaire theolo-
gique. Nous regrettons que la distance ne nous permette
pas d 'envoyer du moins un delegue a cette imposante
ceremonie.
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Veuillez agreer, tres Reverend Monsieur, l'expression
de mes sentiments les plus distingues,
M. J. Lagrange.
Correspondant de Vlnstitut,
r „ „ -, Direct eur de I'Ecole ~bi~blique.
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Couvent des Dominicains
de St. Btienne
Jerusalem le 8 mars 1912.
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF
LOUVAIN, BELGIUM
La Faculte de Theologie de l'Universite catholique de
Louvain remercie le Seminaire Theologique de Prince-
ton de son invitation aux fetes de son centenaire, et lui
adresse a cette occasion ses sinceres felicitations.
Elle regrette vivement que ces fetes etant fixees a
l'epoque ou les professeurs de l'Universite ne peuvent
interrompre leurs cours, il lui est impossible de s 'y f aire
representer par un delegue.
Au nom de la Faculte
he Secretaire de VUniversite
le 23 mars 1912. J. VAN BlERVLIET.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF BASEL, SWITZERLAND
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Empf angen Sie zu Handen der Directors, Trustees und
Facultat des Theologischen Seminars zu Princeton den
ergebensten Dank der theologischen Facultat Basel, die
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es zur Ehre anrechnet, von Ihnen zur Jahrhundertf eier
Ihres theologischen Seminars eingeladen zu werden.
Leider ist kein Mitglied unsrer Facultat in der Lage,
Ihrer ehrenvollen Einladmig Folge leisten zii konnen.
Die theologische Facultat Basel hat rnir aber als ihrem
derzeitigen Dekan den Auftrag gegeben, Ihnen mit
dem Dank und der Entschuldigung fiir nnser Nichter-
scheinen zugleich den herzlichsten Gluekwunsch der
Facultat zu Ihrer Feier auszurichten. Sie diirfen auf
ein Jahrhundert reicher geistiger Arbeit zuriiekblicken,
auch auf ein Jahrhundert mannigfacher theologiseher
Kampfe und vielfacher Schwierigkeiten, die jedoch ihr
theologisches Seminar tapfer und siegreich uberwunden
hat. Wir wissen uns mit Ihnen einig im strengen wahr-
haftigen Erforschen der Wahrheit wie im Dienst des
Evangeliums und im Vertrauen, dass gerade in der f reien
Wahrheitsf orschung ein besonders wichtiger und unent-
behrlicher Dienst am Evangelium bestehe und wir wtin-
schen Ihnen dasselbe, was wir uns wiinschen, dass das
kommende Jahrhundert ein Jahrhundert reicher geist-
iger Arbeit und immer tieferen Verstandnisses des
Evangeliums werden moge.
Mit den besten Wiinschen zu dem Gedeihen Ihres
Festes griisst Sie zugleich im Namen meiner Collegen in
grosster Hochachtung
Professor D. Paul Wernle,
Dekan d. theol. Facultat Basel.
16. Marz 1912.
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THE CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF BERN, SWITZERLAND
Im Auftrag der kath. theol. Fakultat der Universitat
Bern libermittelt ihr derzeitiger, unterzeichneter Dekan
dem Venerable Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Chnrch in the United States of America at Prince-
ton die herzlichsten Gliickwiinsche zu seinem hundert-
jahrigen Bestehen, wiinscht ihm fernere gleichsegens-
reiche Wirksamkeit und bedanert durch die weite Ent-
fernung gehindert zu sein, der giitigen Einladung znr
Festf eier zu f olgen.
Dr. Ph. Woker,
Professor der allgemeinen Gesckichte
und der Kirchengeschichte an der
Universitat Bern.
12. Marz 1912.
THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG, SWITZERLAND
Fur die freundliche Einladung zu der Jahrhundert-
feier des Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian
Church at Princeton New Jersey danken wir verbind-
lichst, bedauern aber dieser giitigen Einladung nicht f ol-
gen zu konnen.
Dr. Prummer,
Dekan d. theol. Facultat.
Friburgi Helvetiorum, die 26 mensis Martii 1912.
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THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
La Faculte de Theologie de l'Universite de Geneve
temoigne au Seminaire Theologique de l'Eglise Presby-
terienne a Princeton sa bien cordiale sympathie a 1 'occa-
sion du Centenaire qu'il va celebrer.
Elle regrette qne les circonstances ne permettent pas
des relations personnelles entre professeurs et etudiants
des deux pays.
Elle felicite le Seminaire theologique de Princeton de
sa prosperite et elle souliaite que les fetes prochaines
soient pour lui le signal de nouveau progres.
Nous trouvant dans l'impossibilite de deleguer un de
nos professeurs aux Fetes du Centenaire a Princeton
nous avons appris que M. le Professeur Schaffi, Doctor
honoris causa de notre Faculte, se proposait de se rendre
a Princeton, et nous 1 'avons prie de representer notre
Faculte.
Veuillez avoir la bonte de le recevoir a vos fetes comme
le temoin de nos sentiments bien cordiaux a votre egard.
Veuillez agreer l'assurance de nos sentiments bien
devoues.
G. Fulliquet,
Doyen.
le 20 avril 1912.
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THE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL FACULTY
OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
^i Messieurs les membres du Board of Directors et a
Messieurs les Professeurs du Theological Seminary
de Princeton:
La Faculte de Tlieologie evangelique de Geneve est
heureuse, a 1 'occasion du centenaire de la fondation du
Theological Seminary de Princeton, de vous offrir 1 'hom-
mage de sa respectueuse sympathie et ses felicitations les
plus chaleureuses.
Nous le faisons avec une joie d'autant plus grande que
nos deux facultes sont unies, depuis de longues annees,
par les liens d'une profonde estime et d'une parfaite
confraternite theologique. En 1838, l'un de nos plus
eminents fondateurs, Merle d'Aubigne, l'liistorien de la
Reformation, eut l'lionneur de voir ses premiers travaux
recompenses par la haute distinction que vous lui avez
accordee alors, en lui conf erant le doctorat en tlieologie ;
et son successeur dans la chaire d'Histoire de l'Eglise,
notre collegue M. le professeur Louis Ruffet, eut le
privilege d'etre en 1874, l'objet de la meme distinction
de votre part. II nous est particulierement agreable de
rappeler ces souvenirs, a l'heure ou vous celebrez, avec
le protestantisme presbyterien tout entier, la date me-
morable de la fondation de votre Faculte.
Vos devanciers et vous, Messieurs, leurs dignes et dis-
tingues successeurs, vous aA r ez accompli une ceuvre
grande et benie, a la gloire de Jesus- Christ notre com-
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mun Seigneur et Sauveur. Vous avez envoye, au service
des Eglises de votre patrie et dans le vaste champ des
Missions, des legions de ministres vaillants et solidement
prepares pour l'ceuvre de l'avancement du regne de
Dieu dans le monde. Vous avez poursuivi votre noble
tache dans un esprit de fidelite aux precieuses Verites de
l'Evangile que nos bienheureux reformateurs ont remises
en lumiere et proclamees avec l'energie d'une foi puis-
sante et d'une inebranlable conviction. Nous nous re-
jouissons, avec l'Eglise entiere, de l'activite si etendue,
et si feconde que, au cours du siecle qui vient de s'ecouler
il vous a ete donne de deployer par le moyen de vos pro-
fesseurs et des pasteurs et missionnaires qui ont ete in-
struits dans votre f aculte.
Vos fils spirituels sont devenus, au pres et au loin, les
temoins vivants de l'Evangile de verite et de salut. En ce
jour de solennelle commemoration, ils pensent, en tous
lieux, a leur Alma Mater, et, comme les fils de la Femme
vaillante du livre des Proverbes, "ils se levent etladisent
bienheureuse"; ils lui adressent le temoignage de leur
respectueux attachement et de leur profonde reconnais-
sance.
Et nous, enfants comme vous de la Reforme calvini-
enne, vos freres d 'amies dans le pays de langue fran-
chise, c'est avec joie que nous nous associons a ces hom-
mages et que nous y joignons nos vceux les plus sinceres
et les plus fraternels, en demandant au Souverain Chef
de l'Eglise de demeurer avec vous dans l'avenir, comme
II l'a ete dans le passe.
Veuillez, Messieurs et tres honores Collegues, agreer
l'assurance de notre haute consideration et de notre
devouement en Jesus-Christ.
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Au nom du Comite Directeur de la Faculte de Tkeo-
logie evangelique :
Le president : W. N. de St. George,
Alex. Claparede. Vice-pres t B: Sc:
Au nom de la Commission des Etudes :
Le president:
Ch. Durand-P allot, Antony Krafft,
B. D. pasteur. B. D. pasteur.
Le College des Prof esseurs :
Louis Ruffet, D.D., President.
Jules Breitenstein, Secretaire.
Ant. Baumgartner, Ph.D.
Frank Thomas, M.A.,
pasteur et professeur.
A. Berthoud, professeur.
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THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY OF THE FREE
CHURCH OF THE CANTON DE VAUD,
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
Veuillez recevoir, au nom de la Faculte que j 'ai 1 'hon-
neur de representer, nos remerciements les plus sinceres
pour votre si cordiale et fraternelle invitation a celebrer
avec vous le Centenaire de la Faculte de theologie de
l'Eglise Presbyterienne des Etats-Unis d'Amerique.
C 'est avec le plus grand plaisir que nous aurions repondu
a 1 'honneur que vous nous f aites en deleguant un de nos
membres a ces belles Fetes. Malheureusement les circon-
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stances presentes de notre Faculte, dont deux profes-
seurs sont malades, nous rend la chose impossible. C 'est
avec un tres sincere regret que nous le constatons. Nous
nous reservons de prendre part, au moment voulu, par
un message officiel, aux Fetes de votre Centenaire ; pour
1 'instant nous n 'avons voulu que vous exprimer nos vif s
remerciements et notre profonde estime.
Veuillez agreer, Monsieur et tres honore Frere, mes
respectueux compliments et me croire votre devoue
Charles O. Mercier,
professeur.
le 26 fevrier 1912.
THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND
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A la Direction du Seminaire theologique des Eglises
presbyteriennes des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, Prince-
ton.
Vous avez bien voulu inviter notre Faculte de theo-
logie de 1 'Universite de Neuchatel a se f aire representer
au centieme anniversaire de la fondation du Seminaire
theologique des Eglises presbyteriennes des Etats-Unis
d'Amerique. Vu la distance qui nous separe de votre
pays, nous avons le regret de ne pouvoir repondre a votre
aimable invitation. Mais nous ne sommes pas moins tres
sensibles a 1 'honneur que vous nous avez fait en nous con-
viant a votre Jubile, et nous vous en exprimons toute
notre reconnaissance.
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Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir saisir cette occasion
pour vous presenter, avec nos felicitations, tous nos
voeux pour la prosperite croissante de votre Seminaire
theologique. Que Dieu benisse de plus en plus votre
travail, de telle sorte que vous puissiez donner a vos
figlises, en nombre tou jours plus considerable, des servi-
teurs eclaires, fideles et devoues ! Qu'il benisse en meme
temps vos Eglises; qu'il fasse fructifier les semences
divines de verite, de liberte, de justice et de paix qu'elles
repandent dans le monde !
Veuillez agreer, Monsieur le Directeur et tres honores
Messieurs, 1 'assurance de notre respectueux devouement.
Au nom de la Faculte de theologie
Le Doyen
E. DlTMONT.
le 19 avril 1912.
THE FREE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY OF THE
EVANGELICAL CHURCH, NEUCHATEL,
SWITZERLAND
En reponse a 1 'amiable invitation que vous avez bien
voulu nous adresser et qui nous a vivement touches, nous
avons le regret de vous informer qu'il ne nous sera pas
possible de nous f aire representer au centenaire que vous
vous preparez a celebrer.
Mais nous nous associerons a votre Jubile par notre
fraternel interet et notre sympathie chretienne, et nous
vous prions d 'agreer les voeux tres sinceres que nous
f ormons pour la prosperite de votre Faculte de theologie
et de votre Eglise.
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Veuillez agreer, tres honore Monsieur, avec nos re-
merciements, l'expression de notre respectueux devoue-
ment.
Au nom de la Faculte de tlieologie de 1 'Eglise evange-
lique neuchateloise independante de l'Etat,
le president du conseil des prof esseurs,
Paul Comtesse, fils.
le 26 fevrier 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
Das Prof essorenkollegium der theologiscken Fakultat
in Innsbruck hat in seiner Sitzung vom 7. Marz d. J. den
unterzeichneten Dekan beauftragt, dem theologischen
Seminar der presbyterianischen Kircke in den Vereinig-
ten Staaten von Nord-Amerika fiir die f reundliche Ein-
ladung zur Teilnahme an der hundert jahrigen Jubelfeier
bestens zu danken mid zugleich mitzuteilen, dass die
Entsendung eines Delegaten unmoglicli ist.
In ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
Dr. Johann Stufler,
d. Z. Dekan der theol. Fakultat.
8. Marz 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
Faeultas theologica Salisburgensis maxime gaudet de
lemina
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erecti. Quae gratias agit optimas pro attentione facul-
tati amice oblata. Dolore afficitur, quod ratio studiorum
hicce vigens non permittat, delegatum ad festivitatem
hanc magnam dimittere. Omnes actus festivos eosque
perficientes votis bonis presequens salutem dicit.
C. R. Facultas Salisburgensis :
De. A. Eberhaeter,
h. t. Decanus.
Salisburgi, die XXI. Febr. 1912.
THE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL FACULTY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Die k. k. evangelisch-theologische Facultat in Wien
beehrt sich, mit dem besten Dank fur die uns freund-
liehst tibermittelte Einladung, Ihnen die ergebensten
Gliickwunsche zu dem hundertjakrigen Jubilaum der
tkeologischen Hochschule in Princeton auszusprechen.
Moge der Segen des Allmachtigen, der bisher so sichtbar
iiber der Anstalt gewaltet. auch in Zukimf t auf ihr ruhen
zum Heil f ur die Kirche.
In grosster Hochachtung
ergebenst
die k. k. evang.-theol. Facultat in Wien.
Prof. D. Wilke,
d. z. Dekan.
15. April 1912.
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THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY OF THE ROYAL
HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST,
HUNGARY
Inclyto Seminario Presbyterianorum in Princeton, Rec-
tori simulque omnibus Membris Collegii nobis
Honorandis!
Nuntium Seminarii Vestri in primo centenario feli-
citer transacto exsultantis simulque nos ad concelebran-
dum invitantis grato animo accepimus et familiarem
Vestram benevolentiam honorantes congratulamur be-
neficia a D. O. M. in Vos collata. Licet non parem in
omnibus habeamus ficlei prof essionem, tamen in plurimis
contra eosdem armemur necesse est inimicos Dei Chris-
tique ejus. Optamus Vos valere et bonum certamen
abhinc quoque certare, ut repositam habeatis Vobis coro-
nam justitiae. Distantia nimia, mare interjectum et cura
studiorum quotidiana nos a commeatu prohibent. Roga-
mus ergo, habeatis nos excusatos. De cetero gratia Do-
mini Nostri Jesu Christi, et charitas Dei et communi-
catio sancti Spiritus sit cum omnibus Vobis.
Nomine Facultatis Theologicae Universitatis Buda-
pestinensis omnia f elicia faustaque Vobis adprecatur.
Budapestini die 29. Martii anni 1912.
Dr. Aladarus Zubriczky,
Decanus h. a. Facultatis Theologicae
Univ. Budapest.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE REFORMED THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY,
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
We beg to acknowledge with hearty thanks the receipt
of the invitation to the centenary celebrations of our Sis-
ter Institution. With deep regret, however, we must in-
timate that we are unable to send a special delegate from
our College to represent us on the occasion— not only
because of the great distance, but more because the work
and arrangements of our institution oblige all of us to
be in Budapest in the month of May.
The occasion, however, affords us opportunity of ex-
pressing our warm brotherly interest in and love toward
our American brethren.
We know the great service rendered by the Presby-
terian Church in the United States in the extension of
Gospel Light, in bearing faithful and unshaken witness
to Christ, and in the expansion of the life of the great
American nation.
But we know and acknowledge with deep gratitude
that service also, which the ministers of the American
Presbyterian Church have, from the very first, rendered
so unweariedly and with such noble disinterestedness on
behalf of the evangelisation of our emigrant brethren.
That Church was the first to interest itself in them.
And now, when one of the most important and most
cherished of the institutions of that Church is able, by the
grace of God, to look back on a past of one hundred years,
we, the Budapest Theological Academy of the Hungarian
Reformed Church, pray in the spirit of true Christian
fellowship and brotherhood, that the blessing of God
may rest abundantly on our Sister Seminary on the occa-
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sion of its celebrations; may it, as it has heretofore,
still stand for many generations as the pillar and ground
of the faith and of true Christian doctrine and truth, a
mighty instrument of all such good work as has its
source in the command of our Lord Jesus Christ.
On behalf of the Professoriate of the Budapest Re-
formed Church Theological College,
Prof. S. B. Pap,
Principal.
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4th March 1912.
THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE
REFORMED COLLEGE, DEBRECZEN,
HUNGARY
A debreceni reformatus kollegium Akademiajanak
theologiai tanarikara orommel fogadta a princetoni
theologiai seminarium reszerol a meghivast letezesenek
szazadik evforduloja unnepelyere.
Az a teny, hogy a theologiai tudomanyok hatalmas
vara el 1812— tol fogva az Egyesult allamok szabad
foldjen,— igaz orommel tolti el sziviinket, hiszen ezen
mindig erosodo intezmeny az ut, igazsag es elet fejedel-
menek aldasa.
A keresztyenseg elso szazadaiban virult regi f oiskolak
Azsiaban es Afrikaban megsziintek letezni,— es ime ! az
Ujvilagban tamadnak uj foiskolak azokat helyettesiteni
es potolni a vesztesegeket. Az onok seminariuma hasonlo
ens:
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
testverintezetek kozt kepviseli a presbyterian vilag egyik
vilagito tornyat.
A princetoni seminarium irodalmi munkai es tana-
rainak erdemei ismeretesek Europaban a tudosok elott s
mindeniitt koztiszteletet vivtak ki.
Koszonjiik a megtiszteltetest, bogy meghivtak szazados
iinnepelyokre, de reszint a nagy tavolsag, reszint iskola
eviinkben epen azon idoszakra eso legsiirgosebb elfog-
laltsagunk miatt nem lebetseges kepviselot kiildeni
korlinkbol, banem meg kell elegeclniink ott lelekben,
elmenkkel jelen lenni csak.
Fogadjak azert keresztyeni es testveri iidvozletiinket
azon f orro kivansagunkkal, bogy a nagy Isten viragoz-
tassa onok seminariumat es gazdagitsa anyagi es szel-
lemi segitsegevel a megvalto Jezus Krisztus szolgalata-
ban a jovendo nehez idokben is szilardan megallani.
Tbeologiai akademiank tanarainak neveben s megbiza-
sabol
Debrecenben, a regi kollegium epiileteben, 1912, marc.
26.
tiszteletteljesen
Dr. Geza Lencz,
theologiai dekdn.
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[translation]
The Theological Academy of the Reformed College of
Debreczen in Hungary has had the pleasure of receiving
the invitation of Princeton Theological Seminary to the
celebration of the centennial of its existence.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
The fact that a powerful seat of theological learning
has existed since 1812 on the free soil of the United
States fills our hearts with true joy because this ever-
growing Institute is a visible blessing granted by the
Prince of "the Way, the Truth and the Life".
The ancient schools of the first centuries in Asia and
Africa ceased to live, but, behold! in the new world—
never dreamed of by the Apostle Paul— rose new ones
to replace the losses. Your Seminary among its sister
establishments represents one lighthouse in the Presby-
terian world.
Princeton Seminary's literary works and her profes-
sors' merits are known in Europe among scholars, and
have acquired common esteem everywhere.
We are thankful for the honour of being invited to
your jubilee festival, but on account of the great distance
and chiefly because of the busy occupations of our scho-
lastic year, we cannot send a delegate : we must be satis-
fied with being present in heart and mind.
Accept therefore our brotherly salutation and our
warm wish that the great God may extend and enrich
your Seminary with both material and spiritual bless-
ings for the service of the Saviour Jesus Christ in the
important period to come.
In the name of the Theological Professors, in the Col-
lege buildings, Debreczen, Hungary, 26 March 1912.
Respectfully yours,
Dr. Geza Lencz,
Dean of the theol. Academy.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE UNITARIAN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE,
KLAUSENBURG, HUNGARY
We received with great pleasure your kind invitation
to the celebration which your Theological Seminary
holds on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of May on the occasion of
the hundredth anniversary of its establishment. Up to
this day we hoped to be able to send a representative of
ours to you. But to our great regret we have been
prevented from doing so; therefore, we express our
heartiest greetings to you in this way, wishing from the
bottom of our hearts that your College may prosper with
God's help for hundreds and hundreds of years and may
do the best of work in the interest of the moral and re-
ligious advance of mankind.
May God's blessings be and remain upon your Col-
lege, your works and you all.
From the meeting of the directory of the Unitarian
Theological College at Kolozsvar (Klausenburg) held on
the 27th of March, with kindest regards,
We remain,
Yours faithfully,
Eitgen Gol,
President.
Solomon Csif6, Lawrence Galfi,
Demi of the College. Notary.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THE REFORMED THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY,
PAPA, HUNGARY
Having received the kind invitation of the Directors,
Trustees and Faculty of your Seminary to take part in
the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the
establishment of it, we are very sorry that we cannot be
represented on that occasion. Nevertheless the profes-
sors and trustees of our Theological Academy celebrate
with you in spirit. We wish most heartily that your
Theological Seminary vivat, crescat, floreat ad multos
annos ! May God grant to it a most glorious future, that
it may bring up many faithful pupils as in the past, who
will contend bravely for the cause of the Gospel and
count not their life dear unto themselves, so that they
may finish their course with joy, that is, may propagate
the Kingdom of God !
Believe me, Honoured Sir, in the name of the Senatus
of the Reformed Theological Academy.
Lewis Czizmadia,
h. t. rector professor.
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THE REFORMED THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY,
SAROSPATAK, HUNGARY
Theologiai intezetok jubileumi unnepsegeire szolo
szives meghivasukat megkaptuk. Fogadjak erte legszi-
vesebb koszonetiinket.
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Nagyon ohajtanank mi abban szemelyesen is reszt
vexmi mindannyian, vagy legalabb is kiildottseg utjan;
de nagyon sajnaljuk, bogy nem tehetjiik, reszint a tavol-
sag miatt, reszint es kiilonosebben azert, mert mar vege
fele jarunk iskolai feleviinknek.
De ba szemelyesen nem lebetiink is ott jelen, lelekben
Onokkel lesziink. Mi ugy erezziik, bogy a nagy foldrajzi
tavolsag mellett is kozel vagyunk egymashoz. A koz-
tiink levo szellemi rokonsag, a kozos protestans erdekek,
kozos torekveseink az evangeliomi vilagossag terjeszte-
seben, kivaltkepen az a benso viszony, a melyben Onok
ama magyar reformatus honfitarsainkkal vannak, akik
sziilofoldjiiktol tavol az Onok es az Onok presbyteria-
nus ama mi honfitarsainkrol valo szives gondoskodasa—
mindez a legszorosabb kapcsolatot kepezi Onok kozott es
mi kozottiink.
Fogadjak bat testveri sziviinkbol szarmazo legszi-
vesebb iidvozletiinket, Princetoni tbeologiai intezetok
jubileuma alkalmabol.
Oszinte tisztelettel
a sarospataki ref. tbeologiai akademia, annak
tanarai sazok neveben
Nagy Bela,
dekdn.
[translation]
Your kind invitation to the jubilee-solemnities of your
theological Seminary reached us duly and we express our
heartiest thanks for it.
We all should like to participate in it personally or by
deputation at least, but we are very sorry that we are
not able to do so, partly because of the great distance,
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partly and especially because we are nearly at the end
of our second semester.
Though we cannot be present there personally, we will
be with all our soul with you. In spite of the great
geographical distance we feel we are near to each other.
The spiritual relationship, the common interests of
Protestantism, our common efforts in spreading the
evangelical light and especially that intimate relation
existing between you and our Hungarian Reformed
fellow-countrymen living in your state, far from their
native land, and the kindness of your Presbyterian
Church in taking care of them— these all make the closest
connection between you and ourselves.
Receive therefore our kindest greetings coming out of
our brotherly hearts on the occasion of the jubilee of
your Theological Seminary of Princeton. Vivat, crescat,
floreat— ad maiorem Dei gloriam!
Yours very sincerely,
The Reformed Theological Academy of Saros-
patak, its professors, and in their name.
Bela Nagy,
Dean.
20th April, 1912.
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THE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY,
SOPRON (OEDENBOURG), HUNGARY
As it is not in our power to be represented on the sol-
emn one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of
your Faculty, we send, with many thanks for your kind
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invitation, our heartiest congratulations and our best
wishes for the new century of your Seminary.
For the Evangelical Theological Academy: Sopron
(Oedenbourg), March 30, 1912.
Ch. Proehle,
Ant. Bancso, Prof, and Secretary.
Director.
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THE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF THE EOYAL
BOHEMIAN UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE,
BOHEMIA
Bohoslovecka fakulta c. k. ceske Karlo-Ferdinandovy
university v Praze, jsouc si dobfe vedoma zasluh jichz
"The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America at Princeton, New Jer-
sey" za sto let sveho trvani o povzneseni kfestanstvi si
ziskal, vzkazuje temuz slovutnemu Senrinari ke dnum
5.-7. kvetna t. r., kdy sto let sveho trvani oslavovati bude,
srdecne blahopf ani, zadajic mu na Bohu, aby i v pf istich
dobach kvetl a se vzmahal ku blahu vlasti a k prospechu
kfestanstva a jsa vzdy veren idealum slavnych zaklada-
telu svych, sir il ideu kf estanskou, kulturu a humanitii.
Bekujice srdecne za Vase mile a cestne pozvani,
prosime, aby slovutny bohoslovecky seminar blahoprani
nase pfivetive pfijati racil.
V Praze dne 22. budna leta Pane 1912.
Prof. dv. Al. Soldat,
8. c. dekan.
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[translation]
Theologica Facultas c. r. bohemicae Carolo-Ferdi-
nandea Universitatis Pragae, haud immemor meritorum,
quae "The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America at Princeton,
New Jersey" per hos centum annos ad rem christianam
augendam et amplificandam sibi paravit, eidem celeber-
rimo Seminario ad dies 5.-7. Maji a. c, quibus centenaria
sua celebrabit, gratulatur optimisque ominibus prosequi-
tur, exoptans, ut etiam in posterum floreat et augeatur
ad salutem patriae, rei christianae incrementum sem-
perque clarissimorum Fundatorum suorum rationes se-
cutmn ideam christianam, cultum atque humanitatem
propaget.
Pro benevola et honorifica invitatione sinceras gratias
agentes, rogamus, ut celeberrimum theologicum Semi-
narium gratulationem nostram humanissime accipiat.
Pragae Bohemorum a. d. VIII. Kalendas Maji a. D. 1912.
KNOX COLLEGE,
TORONTO
I have presented the gracious invitation from Prince-
ton Theological Seminary to the Faculty of Knox Col-
lege.
Our Faculty is not an official body with power to
appoint a representative, but we have decided to ask the
Board of Management of Knox College to appoint Pro-
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fessor James Ballantyne, D.D., as our representative at
the celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of
the Establishment of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Our Board does not meet until the first week in April,
but you may be assured that this appointment will be
made and may place Professor Ballantyne's name upon
your list as the one who will represent Knox College.
With congratulations on the great history and the
great work of Princeton during the past hundred years,
I am,
Yours faithfully,
Alfred Gandier,
Principal.
29th February, 1912.
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY,
KINGSTON, ONTARIO
I beg to advise that at a meeting of the Senate of
Queen's University held yesterday, the 13th instant, the
Reverend W. G. Jordan, B.A., D.D., Professor of He-
brew and Old Testament Criticism, was appointed to
represent the University at the celebration of the One
Hundredth Anniversary of the Theological Seminary of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer-
ica, at Princeton, New Jersey.
Yours sincerely,
George Y. Chown,
Registrar.
March 14, 1912.
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THE PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE,
MONTREAL
The Faculty of the Presbyterian College, Montreal,
have much pleasure in accepting the courteous invitation
of the Princeton Theological Seminary to be represented
at the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of its
establishment, and have named the Principal as their
delegate with the Rev. Prof. R. E. Welsh, D.D., as
alternate.
I have the honor to be,
Yours very sincerely,
John Scrimgee,
Principal.
February 16th, 1912.
MANITOBA COLLEGE,
WINNIPEG
The Senate of Manitoba College, Winnipeg, congratu-
late the Theological Seminary of Princeton on the at-
tainment of its centenary, and have appointed the Rev.
Dr. Baird, Acting-Principal of Manitoba College, as
delegate to represent it at the coming celebration in May.
J. Dick Fleming,
Secretary of Senate.
15th March, 1912.
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WESTMINSTER HALL,
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Please excuse delay in replying to your very kind invi-
tation to Westminster Hall to be represented at the one
hundredth anniversary of Princeton Theological Semi-
nary. I had hoped to be in the East about that time, but
now I find that to be impossible. We have appointed as
our representative, Rev. A. J. MacGillivray, M.A., D.D.,
Merton, Ont., one of your own graduates and one of the
first two D.D.'s of our College.
Thanking you for the invitation and with best wishes
for the success of your celebration,
Sincerely yours,
John Mackay,
Principal.
April 20th, 1912.
FACULTY OF THEOLOGY OP TRINITY
COLLEGE, TORONTO
A few days ago I received from you the very kind invi-
tation given by the Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Church of the United States of America at
Princeton, New Jersey, to the Faculty of Theology of
the University of Trinity College, Toronto, to be repre-
sented by a delegate on the occasion of the Celebration
of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the establishment
of the said Seminary, such celebration to be held on 5th,
6th, and 7th May, 1912.
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In response to this invitation we have very much plea-
sure in nominating as our delegate the Reverend E.
Vicars Stevenson, M.A., graduate of this University,
whose present address is 130 East Sixth Street, Plain-
field, N. J.
With sincere thanks for the courtesy of your invita-
tion, and with all best wishes for the success of the Cele-
bration, and for the continued prosperity of your Theo-
logical Seminary,
I have the honour to remain,
Faithfully yours,
T. C. P. Macklem,
Provost.
April 22, 1912.
WYCLIFFE COLLEGE,
TORONTO
The President, Principal and Council of Wycliffe
College, Toronto, regret that it will not be possible for
them to accept the kind invitation of the Directors, Trus-
tees and Faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary
to be represented at the one hundredth anniversary of
the establishment of that noble institution, owing to the
absence of the Principal in Europe, and the fact that the
other officers of the Council and Faculty will be other-
wise engaged. They desire to express their deep sense
of appreciation of the kind act of the Authorities of the
Princeton Seminary in inviting them to take part on
this most auspicious occasion. They hope and pray that
the proceedings may be greatly owned and blessed of
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God, and that the noble institution which is celebrating
its one hundredth birthday may be long favored by God
with the continuance of ever deepening and most useful
service in these days of golden opportunity on our North
American Continent.
11th April, 1912.
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RESPONSES FROM THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS
IN THIS COUNTRY
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OP THE
REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA,
NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY
The Faculty of the Theological Seminary of the Re-
formed Church in America directs me to acknowledge
with thanks the receipt of an invitation to be repre-
sented at the one hundredth anniversary of the founding
of the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States at Princeton, N. J., on the fifth,
sixth, and seventh of May next. I am also instructed by
the Faculty to inform you that the undersigned has been
chosen as their delegate. It will give me great pleasure
to be present.
Yours very sincerely,
J. Preston Searle,
President of the Faculty.
ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY AND
ECCLESIASTICAL SEMINARY,
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
The President and Faculty of St. Mary's University
and Ecclesiastical Seminary greatly appreciate the
honor of the invitation to participate in the celebration
of the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey.
While for reasons which will he doubtless properly
appreciated they cannot send a representative on that
occasion, they wish to extend their hearty congratula-
tions to the Princeton Theological Seminary on its emi-
nent services to religion by its high and conservative
scholarship and particularly by its able and unswerving
support of the Divinity of Our Lord, and they heartily
wish it continued and increased influence in this noble
cause.
E. R. Dyer, D.D.,
President.
February 29th, 1912.
THE XENIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
XENIA, OHIO
I am directed by the Faculty of the Xenia Theological
Seminary to say that Prof. W. G. Moorehead, D.D.,
LL.D., has been appointed to represent this Seminary at
the celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of
the Princeton Theological Seminary, May 5-7, 1912.
Thanking you for the honor extended by your invita-
tion, I am,
Very truly yours,
Joseph Kyle,
Secretary of Faculty.
April 8, 1912.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
HARTWICK SEMINARY,
HARTWICK,
NEW YORK
Thanks for your kind invitation to have Hartwick
Seminary represented at the coming Centennial of
Princeton Theological Seminary in May, 1912. It would
afford us as a Faculty great pleasure to be represented
personally by one of our number at that interesting anni-
versary, but inasmuch as that will be impracticable, I, as
the dean of the Theological Faculty and as the represen-
tative of the oldest Lutheran Theological School in
America, hereby extend to the Princeton Theological
Seminary our cordial greetings and good wishes. We
celebrated our Centennial in 1897, and like Princeton,
we represent the old theology of sin and salvation. May
your Institution, which has already attained such distin-
guished prominence as a center of Theological learning,
continue to send forth into the great harvest field an
increasing number of men richly endowed and fully
equipped for extending the kingdom of our common
Lord and Saviour.
Yours fraternally,
Alfred Hiller,
Bean.
February 23, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE MORAVIAN COLLEGE AND THEOLOGI-
CAL SEMINARY, BETHLEHEM,
PENNSYLVANIA
The announcement of the celebration of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the establishment of your institu-
tion and the courteous invitation extended the above
named institution to be represented on that auspicious
occasion came to hand in due time. For various reasons
a reply could not be sent ere this. At a meeting held this
morning, the faculty directed that thankful acknowledg-
ment be made of the courtesy extended and elected the
undersigned to be its delegate during the festal days.
With heartiest greetings and hoping that the celebra-
tion may mean all for Princeton that is expected of so
interesting an occasion,
Yours very sincerely,
W. N. Schwarze,
The Resident Professor.
May 1, 1912.
ANDOVER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
The Faculty of Andover Theological Seminary have
the honor to acknowledge the invitation of the Directors,
Trustees, and Faculty of the Theological Seminary of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer-
ica, at Princeton, New Jersey, to be represented by a
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delegate at the celebration of the one-hundredth anni-
versary of the establishment of the Seminary by the
General Assembly, on the fifth, sixth, and seventh of
May, nineteen hundred and twelve, and to state that the
Reverend President Albert Parker Fitch, D.D., has been
appointed as the Andover representative on that occa-
sion.
On behalf of the Faculty,
John Winthrop Platnee,
Secretary.
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
I write in the name of the faculty of Union Theologi-
cal Seminary in Virginia to express to the directors,
trustees and faculty of the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America at
Princeton, New Jersey, the thanks of our faculty for the
invitation to have this institution represented by a dele-
gate at the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary
of the establishment of your venerable school on Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, the fifth, sixth and seventh of
May, nineteen hundred and twelve, and to say that the
faculty has appointed the Rev. Thos. R. English, D.D.,
Henry Young Professor of Biblical Literature and the
Interpretation of the New Testament, to represent us on
this interesting occasion and has appointed the Rev.
Chas. C. Hersman, D.D., LL.D., Professor Emeritus of
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Biblical Literature and the Interpretation of the New
Testament, as his alternate.
Sincerely yours,
W. W. Moore,
March 8, 1912. President.
BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
BANGOR, MAINE
Will the venerated institution at Princeton pardon the
President of a sister institution, herself in her ninety-
sixth year, for this— almost unpardonable— negligence ?
Our Faculty accepted with appreciation the invitation
for the Exercises of May 5, 6, 7, and named me to be their
representative, and, alas ! in extreme pressure of many
matters, acknowledgment and notification got neglected
and overlooked. I beg a thousand pardons.
If I may be forgiven, and my presence after such a
lapse will be acceptable, please send me, on receipt of
this, a collect telegram, and I shall plan to be with you.
I may have to arrive on Monday, but will do my best.
This Seminary has much in common with Princeton ;
we are trying to do a reasonably conservative and a dis-
tinctly constructive work. Also, I grew up in New Jer-
sey, in one of the Oranges, and in that neighborhood my
ancestry, from 1685 had its life.
With sincere contrition, I remain,
Respectfully and truly yours,
David N. Beach,
April 30, 1912. President.
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THE GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
NEW YORK CITY
The Faculty of the General Theological Seminary con-
gratulate the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian
Church at Princeton, New Jersey, upon the approach of
its Centennial Celebration and, in response to its gra-
cious invitation to be represented on that occasion, have
appointed as delegates the Reverend Arthur Prime
Hunt, M.A., B.D., Professor of Christian Ethics, and
the Reverend Dickinson S. Miller, Ph.D., Professor of
Christian Apologetics, in the General Theological Semi-
nary.
Chaeles N. Shepard,
Secretary.
February 16, 1912.
AUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
AUBURN, NEW YORK
Auburn Theological Seminary salutes the Theological
Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America located at Princeton, New Jersey ; and
presents congratulations upon the completion of one
hundred years of noble service in the cause of sacred
learning and of the Christian Religion; and offers best
wishes for ever-enlarging usefulness.
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THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, COLGATE UNI-
VERSITY, HAMILTON, NEW YORK
The Faculty of Colgate Theological Seminary accept
with pleasure the invitation of the Directors, Trustees,
and Faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary to be
represented by a delegate at the One-hundredth Anni-
versary of the establishment of the Seminary on the
fifth, sixth, and seventh of May. We have appointed
Prof. David F. Estes, Hamilton, N. Y., as such repre-
sentative.
Sincerely yours,
George R. Berry,
Secretary of the Seminary Faculty.
February 21, 1912.
THE DIVINITY SCHOOL OF YALE UNI-
VERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
The Yale University Divinity School has received
with satisfaction the invitation to be present at the cele-
bration of the one hundredth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America to be held
on the 5th, 6th and 7th of May next. At a meeting of its
Faculty held on February 15th it voted that Professor
Williston Walker be the delegate of the Divinity School
on this occasion.
Wishing you all success and congratulating you on the
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approaching completion of one hundred years of dis-
tinguished service in the advancement of the Kingdom
of God, I am, on behalf of the Faculty,
Yours very truly,
Williston Walker,
Secretary of the Faculty.
February 16, 1912.
THE ALLEGHENY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
NORTH SIDE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
On behalf of the Faculty of the Allegheny Theological
Seminary (United Presbyterian) I express appreciation
of the invitation to have our Seminary represented at
the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of
Princeton Theological Seminary. Owing to our com-
mencement week being fixed for the same date, it will
not be practicable for any member of the Faculty to be
present at Princeton on this interesting occasion, this
very much to our regret. With the many friends of
Princeton Theological Seminary we share heartily in
devout thanksgiving over the eminently fruitful history
of the institution and in earnest prayer that the favor of
the Great Head of the Church may attend its work from
year to year and give it an increasingly prosperous
future.
Fraternally yours,
John McNaugher,
President of the Faculty.
20th March, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE NEWTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION,
NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS
The Faculty of the Newton Theological Institution
have received with pleasure the invitation to be repre-
sented at the celebration of the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the establishment of Princeton Theological Semi-
nary on the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nineteen
hundred and twelve.
They have requested their President, the Reverend
Professor George Edwin Horr, D.D., to represent them
on this occasion and bear their congratulations to the
Seminary.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE RE-
FORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES,
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
In behalf of the Faculty of our Theological Seminary,
I am pleased to acknowledge the receipt of the invitation
extended to us to attend the One Hundredth Anniversary
of your institution. As President of our Theological
Seminary, I have been chosen by my colleagues to repre-
sent our Faculty on that occasion.
I regret very much that the dates which are fixed for
your Anniversary services are the same as those covered
by our Seminary Commencement dates. Notwithstand-
ing the claims of our own Seminary upon my time, I
hope to be able to arrange to be present at least part of
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the time set apart for your One Hundredth Anniversary
services.
Yours very truly,
John C. Bowman,
President.
March 8th, 1912.
LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
The Faculty of the Evangelical Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., beg leave to acknowledge
the honor of the invitation to be represented on the occa-
sion of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary
of the founding of Princeton Seminary.
They have appointed me as their delegate, and it will
give me great pleasure to be present.
Our Seminary (founded in 1826) is under obligations
to your more venerable institution in that our first Presi-
dent, Dr. S. S. Schmucker, was educated in Theology at
Princeton.
Fraternally yours,
J. A. SlNGMASTER,
President.
March 14, 1912.
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THE WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
NORTH SIDE, PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA
The Western Theological Seminary accepts with plea-
sure the invitation of Princeton Theological Seminary
to be represented at the celebration of the One Hundredth
Anniversary of the establishment of Princeton Semi-
nary. The Faculty of Western Seminary has chosen as
its representative on that occasion the President, Rev.
James Anderson Kelso, Ph.D., D.D.
William R. Farmer,
Secretary of the Faculty.
March 7, 1912.
COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
I am directed by the Faculty of the Theological Semi-
nary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Florida, usually known as Columbia Theological
Seminary, to express the Faculty's appreciation of your
kindness in tendering an invitation to attend the exer-
cises connected with the one hundredth anniversary of
the establishment of Princeton Seminary. The Faculty
of Columbia Seminary accepts the invitation and ap-
points as delegate to represent this Seminary on the
occasion named, Henry Alexander White, A.M., Ph.D.,
D.D., LL.D., Professor of New Testament Literature
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and Exegesis in Columbia Theological Seminary, and a
member of the Class of 1889 of Princeton Seminary.
Sincerely,
Henry A. White,
Secretary of Faculty.
February 28, 1912.
LANE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
CINCINNATI, OHIO
The Lane Theological Seminary acknowledges the in-
vitation to be represented by a delegate at the celebration
of the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of
the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey,
May fifth, sixth and seventh, nineteen hundred and
twelve, and has appointed the Reverend Professor Ed-
ward Mack, D.D., as its delegate.
Mccormick theological seminary,
chicago, illinois
The Faculty of McCormick Theological Seminary is
in receipt of the invitation to be present at the celebra-
tion of the one hundredth anniversary of the establish-
ment of Princeton Theological Seminary.
We take pleasure in accepting the invitation and shall
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be represented by the Reverend Professor Andrew C.
Zenos, D.D.
Yours very truly,
A. S. Carrier,
February 21, 1912. Secretary of the Faculty.
HARTFORD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
The Faculty of the Hartford Theological Seminary
have received the invitation of the Directors, Trustees
and Faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary, that
they be represented at the celebration of the One Hun-
dredth Anniversary of the establishment of Princeton
Theological Seminary by the General Assembly.
The Faculty have appointed one who is highly hon-
ored by both Seminaries, to represent them on this occa-
sion, namely, the Rev. M. W. Jacobus, D.D., Dean of the
Hartford Theological Seminary, and an alumnus of
Princeton Seminary.
Yours sincerely,
W. Douglas Mackenzie,
March 1st, 1912. President.
OBERLIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
OBERLIN COLLEGE, OBERLIN,
OHIO
Oberlin Theological Seminary, the Theological De-
partment of Oberlin College, accepts with pleasure the
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invitation of the Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Chnrch in the United States of America, at
Princeton, New Jersey, to be represented at its One
Hundredth Anniversary, the 5th, 6th and 7th of May,
1912. The delegate representing Oberlin Seminary will
be Professor Kemper Fullerton, A.M. (Princeton), Pro-
fessor of Old Testament Language and Literature.
For the Faculty,
G. W. Fiske,
March 16, 1912. Junior Dean.
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
NEW YORK CITY
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt by the
Faculty of this Seminary, of the invitation to be repre-
sented on the occasion of the celebration of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the establishment of the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey, on
the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nineteen hundred
and twelve, and to signify the acceptance of the invita-
tion.
The Faculty directs me to inform you that they have
appointed the Reverend Professor Francis Brown,
Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., D.Litt., President of the Faculty,
as their representative on this occasion.
Yours very truly,
Charles R. Gellett,
Secretary of the Faculty.
February 22, 1912.
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MEADVILLE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL,
MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
At a meeting of the Faculty of the Meadville Theologi-
cal School held on Tuesday, March 5, 1912, it was voted
that the President, Franklin C. Southworth, D.D., be
requested to represent the school as a Delegate at the
celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America at
Princeton, New Jersey, by the General Assembly, on
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the fifth, sixth and sev-
enth of May, nineteen hundred and twelve. With con-
gratulations upon the approaching event and wishes for
a pleasant celebration,
I remain sincerely yours,
Waltek C. Green,
Secretary of the Faculty.
March 6, 1912.
WITTENBEEG COLLEGE,
HAMMA DIVINITY SCHOOL,
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
I am authorized by the Faculty of our Seminary to
express to you our thanks for the invitation to send a
representative from our school to attend the celebration
of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Princeton Semi-
nary. I would say that I have been appointed to repre-
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sent our Seminary at the Princeton Centennial. If I am
unable to be present, as I now hope to be in attendance,
I shall endeavor to have some one take my place.
Sincerely yours,
D. H. Bauslin,
March 28, 1912. Dean.
GERMAN (EDEN) EVANGELICAL MISSOURI
COLLEGE, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Will you, please, excuse me for not answering sooner?
The members of our faculty have been deliberating on
the invitation of Princeton Seminary, but as no conclu-
sion was reached then, the matter was laid aside for some
time.
We cannot, however, make arrangements to make it
possible for any member of our faculty to be absent just
at that time, and so we are sorry that we cannot send a
delegate.
Yours truly,
W. W. Becker,
April 6, 1912. President.
ROCHESTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
On behalf of the Faculty of this Seminary I beg to ac-
knowledge your invitation extended to us to send a dele-
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gate to the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary
of Princeton Theological Seminary. We congratulate
you upon this event. We regret, however, very much
that we cannot send a delegate. Our anniversaries come
on the exact dates of your celebration.
I am,
Sincerely yours,
J. W. A. Stewart,
Dean of the Faculty.
March 7, 1912.
DUBUQUE GERMAN COLLEGE AND SEMI-
NARY, DUBUQUE, IOWA
Dubuque German College and Seminary acknowledges
the kind invitation of Princeton Theological Seminary
to participate in the celebration of its One Hundredth
Anniversary. At the annual meeting of the Board of
Directors, Dr. William Hiram Foulkes, D.D., of the Rut-
gers Presbyterian Church, New York City, was ap-
pointed a delegate for this occasion. Dr. Foulkes is the
President of our Board and, as such, is qualified to rep-
resent our Institution.
With warm felicitations and sincere good wishes for
the continued prosperity of Princeton Seminary,
Respectfully yours,
William Graham,
Secretary of the Board.
April 25th, 1912.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
BERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL,
MIDDLETOWN,
CONNECTICUT
We have received the courteous invitation of the
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at
Princeton to be represented at the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of its establishment; and we de-
sire to express our thanks for the same. And I have the
honor to say that our President, the Bishop of Connecti-
cut, and our Faculty desire me, as the Dean of the School,
to represent this institution on that occasion, and that
I accept the invitation as desired.
Very truly yours,
22 February, 1912. SAMUEL HaKT,
Bean.
GARRETT BIBLICAL INSTITUTE,
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
It is my privilege and honor to bring from the Trus-
tees and the Faculty of the Garrett Biblical Institute, at
Evanston, Illinois, our fraternal greeting and most cor-
dial congratulations to the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,
at Princeton, New Jersey.
We share the pride of all the Churches in the noble
record of your hundred years. We acknowledge with
keen appreciation the great work and worth of your
Faculty whose names are in high esteem in all our theo-
logical schools, and whose contributions to theological
literature are prized by all ministers and teachers. The
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goodly influences of this Seminary have gone out into all
the earth and have been a noteworthy power in advanc-
ing the interests of the Kingdom of God. You have
kindly welcomed to your halls students from all religious
denominations, and your genuine courtesy has ever com-
manded a warm reciprocal affection. Your ample en-
dowments, your extensive libraries, your learned, able
and devoted teachers, and the inspirations to high schol-
arship which suffuse the very air of Princeton have
brought unspeakable blessing to three generations of the
American people. Your gospel-trumpet has sent forth
no uncertain voice. With other Christian schools and
Churches, we gladly join in devout thanksgiving to the
Father of mercies for the manifold blessings of the past,
and in earnest supplication that your prosperity and
usefulness may increase through all the years to come.
Milton S. Terry,
Delegate representing Garrett Biblical Institute.
EUREKA COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF
SACRED LITERATURE, EUREKA, ILLINOIS
It is with great regret that we find ourselves unable to
send a representative to carry personal greetings to
Princeton Theological Seminary on the occasion of its
One Hundredth Anniversary. We must, therefore, be
content to wish for the Theological Seminary the great-
est prosperity and usefulness.
Sincerely,
Charles E. Underwood,
April 3, 1912. President.
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REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY, ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA
The invitation to this Seminary to be represented at
the Centennial of Princeton Theological Seminary has
been received. Possibly Prof. Richard Cameron Wylie,
D.D., LL.D., of this Seminary may be present. Any
further communication you may address to him, West
Mclntyre Avenue, North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Yours truly,
D. B. Willson,
Senior professor.
February 24, 1912.
ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY ECCLESIASTICAL
SEMINARY, COLLEGEVILLE, MINNESOTA
We have received your kind invitation to attend the
hundredth anniversary of the establishment of your es-
teemed Seminary, but regret that it will be impossible
for us to send a delegate at the time.
Wishing you continued success in your field of labor,
I beg to remain,
Yours truly,
Alctjin Deutsch,
Rector.
February 21, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY, CANTON THEO-
LOGICAL SCHOOL, CANTON, NEW YORK
The courteous invitation of Princeton Theological
Seminary has been received. It gives me pleasure to
reply that I hope and intend to be present on that occa-
sion as a representative of the Theological Seminary of
St. Lawrence University.
Respectfully yours,
Henry P. Forbes,
Dean of Seminary.
February 27th, 1912.
CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
The Faculty of Chicago Theological Seminary accept
with pleasure the invitation of the Directors, Trustees
and Faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary to
be represented at the Centennial of the Seminary May
fifth-seventh, nineteen hundred and twelve, and have
requested the Rev. George S. Rollins, D.D., Pastor of
the Hope Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass., to
represent us on that auspicious occasion.
On behalf of the Faculty,
Very sincerely yours,
Clarence A. Beckwith,
Secretary of the Faculty.
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NIAGARA UNIVERSITY SEMINARY OF OUR
LADY OF ANGELS, NIAGARA FALLS,
NEW YORK
President Edward J. Walsh, of Niagara University
Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, begs to acknowledge
the favor of the invitation to attend the Centenary Exer-
cises of the Princeton Theological Seminary, and to
render sincere thanks for the courtesy. He will not be
able to accept, but he wishes a very successful celebration
on this significant occasion.
February 29, 1912.
SEABURY DIVINITY SCHOOL,
FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA
At a meeting of the Faculty of Seabury Divinity
School, March 15, 1912, the Reverend William Austin
Smith of the class of 1898, now Rector of Christ Church,
Springfield, Massachusetts, was duly appointed as a
delegate to represent Seabury Divinity School at the
Centennial Celebration of the Princeton Theological
Seminary on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, May fifth,
sixth and seventh, nineteen hundred and twelve. He has
been notified of his appointment and we hope that he
will be able to be present.
Sincerely yours,
Elmer E. Lofstrom,
Secretary of the Faculty.
March 19, 1912.
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THE MISSION HOUSE,
PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN
To the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Theologi-
cal Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, at Princeton, New Jer-
sey:— In Christ Jesus dearly beloved Fathers and
Brethren:
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your invitation
to the Theological Seminary of the Mission House to be
represented at the celebration of the One Hundredth
Anniversary of the establishment of the Theological
Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America, at Princeton, New Jersey.
We regret that causes beyond our control render it
almost or quite impossible for us to send a delegate to
take part in the celebration in the first week in May.
We regret this the more, as we cherish the most kindly
feelings toward your Seminary, and owe a debt of grati-
tude to the great teachers of our Reformed faith, the
Alexanders, the Hodges, Miller, Green and others, whose
writings have been a source of instruction and encour-
agement both to our teachers and to our students.
We, therefore, most gratefully acknowledge these
benefits derived from your Seminary; and, in so doing,
we bespeak for you in the new century, upon which, in
the providence of God, you are now entering, the bless-
ing, protection and guidance of the triune God ; and we
trust and pray, that, in this age of apostasy, your Semi-
nary may continue to be a bulwark against the on-
slaughts of the enemy that is so violently attacking the
Church and the Gospel of our blessed Lord and Saviour
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Jesus Christ ; and that your professors may still, as in
the past, and even more, if that be possible, prove cham-
pions of the faith which was once delivered to the saints.
In the years to come, our eyes shall still be turned
toward Princeton, and our ears shall hearken for the
public expression of the sage Christian instructions and
counsels delivered in your halls.
That the "Lord may bless you out of Zion, and may
do to you exceeding abundantly above all that you ask
or think" is the sincere wish of the Faculty of the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Mission House of the Reformed
Church in the United States.
E. A. Hofee, President,
Frank Grether, Secretary.
February 23rd, 1912.
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THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
I am due you an apology for a serious oversight. In
some way the invitation to our Faculty to send a repre-
sentative to the celebration of the One Hundredth Anni-
versary of Princeton Seminary was overlooked. At our
last Faculty meeting, however, action was taken, ap-
pointing me as our official representative to the celebra-
tion. Asking your pardon for the delay, I am
Yours sincerely,
E. Y. Mullins,
President.
April 5, 1912.
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AUGUSTANA COLLEGE AND THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
I desire to acknowledge the receipt of an invitation
from the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Prince-
ton Theological Seminary to Augustana College and
Theological Seminary, to be represented by a delegate
at the Hundredth Anniversary of the establishment
of the Seminary by the General Assembly, on Sunday,
Monday, and Tuesday, the 5th, 6th, and 7th of May next.
I would say that our General Faculty has appointed
President Gustav Andreen, Ph.D., to represent our insti-
tution on that occasion.
Thanking you for this invitation, and assuring you
that we highly appreciate the honor you have conferred
upon us, I am,
Sincerely yours,
E. F. Bartholomew,
Acting President.
April 1, 1912.
CENTRAL WESLEYAN COLLEGE,
WARRENTON, MISSOURI
In reply to your cordial invitation to send a represen-
tative of our Theological Seminary to be present at the
celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the Princeton Theological Seminary, I
desire herewith to express our sincere thanks. At the
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same time I would express our regrets that it will be
impossible for any one of our professors or officers to be
present. However if it is desired, we shall be glad to be
represented by Rev. F. J. Hubach, Phillipsburg, New
Jersey. He is an alumnus of our school and has both the
A.B. and the B.D.
Thanking you again most sincerely,
Very truly yours,
Henry Vosholl,
Secretary of the Faculty.
February 26, 1912.
LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
MOUNT AIRY, PHILADELPHIA
The Faculty of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Philadelphia hereby acknowledges the receipt of an invi-
tation to be represented at the One Hundredth Anniver-
sary of the establishment of the Theological Seminary
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at
Princeton, N. J., to be celebrated on the fifth, sixth and
seventh of May, and has instructed me to inform you
that Rev. Henry Eyster Jacobs, D.D., S.T.D., LL.D.,
Dean of our Seminary and Chairman of its Faculty, will
be our representative on that interesting occasion.
Yours truly,
Jacob Fry,
Secretary of Faculty.
February 22, 1912.
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DE LANCEY DIVINITY SCHOOL,
GENEVA, NEW YORK
The Trustees of the De Lancey Divinity School beg to
acknowledge the courtesy of the most kind invitation of
the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Theological
Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States at Princeton, N. J., to send a delegate on the occa-
sion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the establish-
ment of the Seminary at Princeton, May 5-7, 1912, and
hope to be able to send such a delegate, to be appointed
at a later meeting of the Trustees.
I am, faithfully yours,
Thomas B. Berry,
March 1, 1912. Warden.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY
SCHOOL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
The Faculty of the Divinity School of the University
of Chicago regrets the impossibility of sending a dele-
gate to participate in the celebration of the One Hun-
dredth Anniversary of the founding of Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary. The Faculty wishes, however, to ex-
press its hearty felicitations on this occasion, and to
share in the universal appreciation of the services ren-
dered by Princeton Theological Seminary to its denomi-
nation and to the cause of learning.
Harry Pratt Judson, President,
April 5, 1912. Shailer Mathews, Dean,
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ATLANTA BAPTIST COLLEGE DIVINITY
SCHOOL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
The invitation of the Theological Seminary to attend
the Celebration of its One Hundredth Anniversary has
been received and is deeply appreciated by Atlanta Bap-
tist College Divinity School. I cannot say just yet
whether it will be practicable for me to attend and shall
have to write you later more definitely.
Sincerely yours,
John Hope,
President.
February 17, 1912.
DREW THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
MADISON, NEW JERSEY
The Faculty of Drew Theological Seminary, recogniz-
ing the honor of invitation to share in the celebration of
the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment
of Princeton Theological Seminary on Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday, the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nine-
teen hundred and twelve, have designated the Reverend
President Henry A. Buttz, D.D., LL.D., to represent
them and to extend their most cordial greetings and
felicitations.
By order of the Faculty,
Chas. F. Sitteely,
Secretary.
March 1, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL,
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
The Faculty of the Episcopal Theological School in
Cambridge acknowledge with thanks the kind invitation
of the Princeton Theological Seminary, and will send
as their delegate to the celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary the Rev. Prof. Henry Sylvester Nash, D.D.
February 17, 1912.
CROZER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
I have the honor to reply to the invitation to send a
delegate to the One Hundredth Anniversary that our
Faculty voted to send the President, M. G. Evans, D.D.,
thanking you for the invitation, and directing me to com-
municate to you their action.
Alvah S. Hob art,
Secretary.
February 22, 1912.
THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT,
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH,
SEWANEE, TENNESSEE
It is with keen regret that I find that it will be impos-
sible for our Theological Department to be represented
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at your anniversary celebration. I had hoped that some
of us might be able to arrange it.
With best wishes and heartiest congratulations, I am
very faithfully yours,
C. K. Benedict,
Dean Theological Department.
March 20th, 1912.
THE GERMAN THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL
OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,
BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY
Your kind invitation extended to ' ' The German Theo-
logical School of Newark, N. J." to attend the one hun-
dredth anniversary celebration of the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary has been received and was duly sub-
mitted to the Faculty at their regular meeting on March
4th, 1912. The Faculty have appointed the Rev. Henry
J. Weber, Ph.D., D.D., Chairman of the Faculty, to rep-
resent our School.
Respectfully yours,
Charles T. Hock,
Secretary.
March 7th, 1912.
PACIFIC THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Pacific Theological Seminary gratefully acknowledges
the invitation of Princeton Theological Seminary and
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appreciates the honor. It regrets that by reason of dis-
tance it cannot be represented by a delegate on the occa-
sion of the one-hundredth anniversary, the fifth, sixth
and seventh of May, and sends its earnest wishes for the
success of that event and the long prosperity of Prince-
ton Theological Seminary.
March 1st, 1912.
WOODSTOCK COLLEGE,
WOODSTOCK, MARYLAND
The President and Faculty of Woodstock College are
sincerely grateful to the Directors, Trustees and Faculty
of Princeton Theological Seminary for the honor of
their kind invitation to be present at the celebration of
the one hundredth anniversary of Princeton's establish-
ment, and regret that a partial coincidence with George-
town's celebration and examination duties at home will
prevent them from being present.
Wishing the Princeton Seminary all the blessings of
heaven needed for a second century of success, I remain,
Yours sincerely,
A. J. Maas, S. J.,
President.
April 15, 1912.
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THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
The Faculty of the Theological Seminary of the Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church, at Chicago, 111., acknowledges
with pleasure the announcement of the One Hundredth
Anniversary of the Establishment of The Theological
Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America at Princeton^ New Jersey, on May
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh, Nineteen Hundred Twelve.
The Faculty has designated to represent it on that
occasion The Reverend Revere Franklin Weidner, D.D.,
LL.D., President.
By the Faculty,
Alfred Ramsey,
March 19, 1912. Secretary.
ALFRED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
ALFRED, NEW YORK
Your invitation to our Seminary to be represented at
the one hundredth anniversary of Princeton's establish-
ment is gratefully acknowledged.
Nothing unforeseen preventing, either President B. C.
Davis of our University, or myself, will be present.
Meanwhile accept our congratulations upon Prince-
ton 's great history, and believe us to be,
Fraternally yours,
Arthur E. Main,
February 18th, 1912. Dean.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
HOWARD UNIVERSITY, THEOLOGICAL
DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
I beg to inform you that the Rev. Dr. Isaac Clark, for
many years the Dean of the School of Theology of How-
ard University, has been appointed to represent the
Board of Trustees and Faculty at the coming Centenary
of the Theological Seminary of Princeton.
Very sincerely yours,
W. P. Thirkield,
President.
April 13, 1912.
THE SAN FRANCISCO THEOLOGICAL SEMI-
NARY, SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA
The San Francisco Theological Seminary has received
with appreciation the invitation to be present at the one
hundredth anniversary of the founding of Princeton
Theological Seminary. It will be represented on that
occasion by its President, the Rev. Warren Hall Landon,
D.D.
By order of the Faculty,
Warren H. Landon,
President.
February 23, 1912.
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TALLADEGA COLLEGE, THEOLOGICAL
DEPARTMENT, TALLADEGA, ALABAMA
The Theological Department of Talladega College re-
ceived with pleasure the announcement that the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey, will
celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of its establish-
ment by the General Assembly, on May fifth, sixth and
seventh, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the invitation
of the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Seminary
to be represented on that occasion by a delegate.
We regret that it will not be practicable for us to send
a representative to the celebration of this notable anni-
versary, but extend our congratulations to the Theologi-
cal Seminary at Princeton upon its long and honored
service to the Christian Churches of America, and pray
that for centuries to come it may continue its splendid
career of training men for the Christian ministry.
April 1912.
THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL AND CALVIN
COLLEGE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Your kind invitation extended to our Faculty to par-
ticipate in the Centennial Celebration of Princeton
Theological Seminary was gratefully received and
brought before our faculty meeting.
As the secretary of our Faculty, I am instructed to
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thank you for the honor bestowed by your invitation
upon our young and still small institution ; and to inform
you that we have appointed as a delegate from our school
Prof. L. Berkhof .
He will convey to the Princeton Theological Seminary
our friendly greetings and heartfelt congratulations.
May our God bless your honored and worthy Institu-
tion abundantly in the future for the promotion and
advancement of His Eternal Kingdom.
From the Faculty of the Theological School and Cal-
vin College of the Christian Reformed Church at Grand
Rapids, Mich.
K. SCHOOLLAND,
Secretary.
March 20, 1912.
WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND
In reply to the invitation of the Princeton Theological
Seminary to send a representative to the one hundredth
anniversary of that institution, I beg leave to notify you
that we highly appreciate the honor and have expressed
it by electing the Secretary of our Faculty, Rev. Claude
Cicero Douglas, A.M., B.D., to be our representative
upon that notable occasion.
Sincerely,
H. L. Elderdice,
President.
February 22nd, 1912.
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THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF
THEOLOGY, PHILADELPHIA
On behalf of the Faculty of Temple University,
Department of Theology, I extend to you its felicitations
upon the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary
of the establishment of the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church at Princeton, New Jersey.
The Faculty also desires me to thank you for inviting
it to be represented at this centennial by a delegate, and
has appointed Professor, the Reverend George Handy
Wailes to be present at the exercises.
Yours sincerely,
Walter B. Shumway,
Dean.
April 22, 1912.
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
The Western Theological Seminary, at Chicago, Illi-
nois, regrets its inability to accept the kind invitation of
the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Princeton
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, to be
represented on the occasion of its one hundredth anni-
versary on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the fifth, sixth
and seventh of May, 1912.
Very sincerely yours,
Wm. C. De Witt,
February 23rd, 1912. Bean.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
MACLAY COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY,
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
I acknowledge with cordial thanks, on behalf of the
Maclay College of Theology, the invitation to be repre-
sented by a delegate at the celebration of the one hun-
dredth annwersary of the establishment of the Theologi-
cal Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey. Please convey
to the directors, trustees and faculty of the Seminary
our friendly greeting with the earnest wish that your fine
old Seminary may fill a second century with even more
good work than has characterized its first.
We are unable to be represented by a delegate but are
happy to send this greeting.
Very sincerely yours,
E. A. Healy,
Dean.
May 3, 1912.
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA,
SCHOOL OF SACRED SCIENCES,
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Our School of Sacred Sciences acknowledges the re-
ceipt of the invitation of Princeton Theological Semi-
nary to the celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary
of its foundation. While it will not be possible for us to
participate in that event, we extend to all the members of
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Princeton Theological Seminary our best wishes for
their personal welfare and we trust that the celebration
itself will be all that they could desire.
I remain,
Very sincerely yours,
Patrick J. Healy,
Dean of the Faculty of Theology.
March 21st, 1912.
SAINT LEO ABBEY,
SAINT LEO, FLORIDA
My dear Mr. Robinson:
Your Church has done much good in America. Dr.
Smith, for many years an intimate friend of mine dur-
ing my missionary experience in Greensboro, N. C, was
goodness itself. His death was a great loss to Christen-
dom.
Will you please act as our delegate during the Cen-
tenary Celebration? Distance is too great and I have
not the time to spare.
I wish you every success.
Cordially yours,
Rt. Rev. Abbot Charles.
17 February, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE SEMINARY OF THE UNITED NORWEGIAN
LUTHERAN CHURCH, SAINT ANTHONY
PARK, MINNESOTA
The Faculty of the Seminary of the United Norwe-
gian Lutheran Church acknowledge the receipt of an
invitation to be represented at the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the Theological Seminary at
Princeton, N. J.
We thank you for the invitation and regret that it will
be impossible for us to send a representative.
We congratulate the Seminary upon its achievements
for the Kingdom of Christ and wish it God's richest
blessings.
On behalf of the Faculty,
Carl M. Weswig,
Secretary.
April 8, 1912.
PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
I am writing to acknowledge the receipt of an invita-
tion from Princeton Seminary to be present, May 5-7,
1912, at the celebration of the One Hundredth Anniver-
sary of the founding of the Seminary, and to say that if I
am unable to be in Princeton at the time it will be a great
disappointment to me. There are, however, at the pres-
ent time serious obstacles in the way, principally the
closing exercises of our Seminary which extend so far
into the preceding week that it may not be possible to
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reach Princeton in time after their conclusion. We hope
our Seminary may be represented by one of our Profes-
sors at the Celebration. Four of the members of our
Faculty are graduates of Princeton Seminary and we
are very much interested in this great event in the his-
tory of our Alma Mater.
Yours cordially,
A. B. Marshall,
President.
February 29, 1912.
HOUGHTON WESLEYAN METHODIST THEO-
LOGICAL SEMINARY, HOUGHTON,
NEW YORK
The Faculty of the Houghton Wesleyan Methodist
Seminary accept with pleasure the invitation of the
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, N. J., to be rep-
resented by a delegate at the one hundredth anniversary
of its establishment by the General Assembly. Prof. H.
R. Smith has been elected as this delegate.
March 12, 1912.
PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
OF KENTUCKY, LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY
In response to the invitation extended our Faculty to
be represented by a Delegate at the celebration of the
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one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Princeton
Theological Seminary, the Faculty appointed some
weeks ago the Rev. Professor Jesse Lee Cotton, D.D.,
its representative and the bearer of its greetings, of
which appointment you have, I believe, received infor-
mation.
The Faculty desire me, on their behalf, to convey also
by letter their felicitations on this notable occasion.
We congratulate your venerable institution on being
in a sense "the mother of us all," and on your having
set high standards for all similar institutions that have
been established within the past hundred years.
We congratulate you on the illustrious names that
adorn the roll of your Professors, whose piety, scholar-
ship, teaching power, and writings have carried the
name and fame of Princeton throughout the world.
We congratulate you on the unwavering fidelity of the
Seminary to the Holy Scriptures, the Reformed Faith,
and the Presbyterian Church, with which has been
united a large-hearted devotion to a truly Catholic Chris-
tianity and the Church Universal, so that the Princeton
theology and spirit are known and honored in every part
of Christendom.
We congratulate you on the hundreds of young men
who have been trained for the ministry within your
walls, who have enriched the Church and the world by
their labors, who have served the Church at home in
every department of her manifold work, and who have
preached the Gospel in every continent and in the islands
of the sea.
We congratulate you on the present prosperity of the
Seminary with its splendid equipment and able Faculty,
and especially on the service it is rendering the whole
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Church of God in the confirmation and defence of the
truth.
For the years to come, we do not know that we can
offer any better prayer for you than to supplicate the
grace of God upon your great institution in such measure
as to make its future worthy of its past. In company
with a multitude of others in this and every land, we
pray there may be granted to all connected with the
Seminary the unfailing presence and power of the Holy
Spirit.
On behalf of the Faculty,
Faithfully yours,
Charles R. Hemphill,
President.
May 2, 1912.
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The Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Theologi-
cal Seminary of Kentucky, in session to-day at Louis-
ville, send greetings and congratulations on Princeton's
Centennial Anniversary. "Peace be within thy walls
and prosperity within thy palaces. ' '
Peyton H. Hoge,
President.
May 7, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
ATCHISON, KANSAS
I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of
the Faculty of the Western Theological Seminary, held
in Atchison, Kansas, April 21, 1912, the Rev. Frederick
G. Gotwald, D.D., was chosen to represent the Institu-
tion at the one hundredth anniversary of the establish-
ment of the Princeton Theological Seminary, to be held
at Princeton, New Jersey, May 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1912.
Sincerely yours,
Holmes Dysinger,
Dean.
April 22, 1912.
TAYLOR UNIVERSITY, READE THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY, UPLAND, INDIANA
We have your kind invitation to be represented at
your Anniversary exercises. Thank you indeed for the
invitation, but my engagements are such just at this time
that it will be impossible for me to attend. Trust your
next hundred years may be greatly blessed of the Lord.
Most sincerely yours,
M. Vayhinger,
President.
February 26, 1912.
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TURNER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, MORRIS
BROWN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Having been selected by Turner Theological Seminary,
Morris Brown College, to represent them at the One
Hundredth Anniversary of the establishment of your
Seminary, I had high hopes of the full enjoyment of all
of the pleasures represented by your very kind invita-
tion, but at the last moment I find myself unavoidably
detained and prevented from being present in person.
Permit me to say that we most sincerely rejoice in
your remarkable prosperity and successful round out of
One Hundred Years.
We view with delight your long and illustrious line
of representative men as Clergymen, Authors, States-
men and Scholars, justly the pride of any institution or
denomination.
While we pray for all of the anticipated pleasures of
this, your One Hundredth Anniversary occasion, we also
trust the coming century may hold in store for you
larger blessings and greater triumphs.
Again regretting my inability to be present, I am,
Very faithfully yours,
W. G. Alexander,
May 4, 1912. Bean.
EUGENE BIBLE UNIVERSITY,
EUGENE, OREGON
The announcement of the hundredth anniversary of
the Princeton Theological Seminary, to be observed
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from the fifth to the seventh of May, and your kind invi-
tation to attend the celebration, received. I am author-
ized to say for the Trustees and Faculty of the Eugene
Bible University that we appreciate this invitation and
kindly notice. We also honor the institution of learning
from which this invitation comes for its faithfulness to
the Holy Scriptures and to the Saviour, and for its
world-wide influence in behalf of evangelical Christian-
ity.
We regret that we can not have a representative from
our school to be with you at the time you suggest.
Most cordially and faithfully yours,
Eugene Bible University,
By E. C. Sanderson,
President.
February 21, 1912.
MANCHESTER COLLEGE, BIBLICAL DEPART-
MENT, NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA
The Biblical Department of Manchester College,
North Manchester, Indiana, desires to acknowledge the
receipt of your invitation to be represented at your one
hundredth anniversary on the 5th-7th of May next. We
wish to express our thanks for your kind invitation, but
do not see our way clear to be represented by a delegate
on that important occasion.
May Princeton Theological Seminary have many
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more years in the training of men for the most impor-
tant work in the world.
Yours very sincerely,
S. S. Blough,
Dean.
March 4, 1912.
SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, KANSAS CITY UNI-
VERSITY, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
The Kansas City University School of Theology
acknowledges with pleasure the receipt of the invitation
from the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Prince-
ton Theological Seminary to be represented at the One
Hundredth Anniversary Celebration of the Seminary on
the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nineteen hundred
and twelve.
We most heartily congratulate you and the Seminary
on the happy completion of one hundred years of noble
service to the intellectual and spiritual welfare of man-
kind. The name and influence of ' ' Princeton ' ' are vitally
and inspiringly connected with the early history of our
beloved country and have done a vast deal to shape and
conserve American ideals, and to give character and
effectiveness to missionary endeavor in many lands, and
thus largely to enter into the world's life for its lasting
betterment.
If possible, we shall be represented and will ask the
Reverend D. Baines-Griffith, of Spuyten Duyvil, New
York City, a former instructor in Kansas City Univer-
sity, to be present as our representative.
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We join in the prayers for multiplied blessing and
usefulness for your splendid Institution in the years to
come.
Very sincerely yours,
Herbert Taylor Stephens,
Bean.
March 23, 1912.
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, THEOLOGICAL
DEPARTMENT, TEHUACANA, TEXAS
The faculty of Westminster College regrets that it
will not be able to send a representative to the celebra-
tion in honor of the one-hundredth anniversary of the
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America. We extend to the Seminary
our heartiest congratulations, and hope that the noble
work it has done will be increased and multiplied in the
coming years.
Very truly yours,
H. H. Price,
President.
March 18, 1912.
VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, THEOLOGI-
CAL DEPARTMENT, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Permit me to acknowledge the courtesy of an invita-
tion from you to attend the one hundredth anniversary
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of the establishment of the Theological Seminary at
Princeton. I regret that it does not seem possible for
any official representative of the Theological Depart-
men of Virginia Union University to be present on that
occasion.
We, however, send most cordial congratulations on
your distinguished work for a century, and the best
wishes for its continuance and enlargement in the years
to come.
Very respectfully yours,
George Rice Hovey,
President.
14 March, 1912.
ATLANTA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
In the absence of the President, I write to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your kind favor of March twenty-
fifth. And I am instructed to report that the Delegate
appointed to represent the Atlanta Theological Semi-
nary at the Princeton Centennial in May is the Reverend
James Wilson Bixler, D.D., Professor Elect, Natural
Theology, of New London, Connecticut, who plans to be
with you, bearing the greetings of our Institution on that
happy occasion.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. E. Lyman Hood.
April 4, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
MERIDIAN MALE COLLEGE, SCHOOL OF
THEOLOGY AND EVANGELISM,
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
In behalf of the President and Faculty of Meridian
Male College, and as Dean of the School of Theology and
Evangelism, I take pleasure in acknowledging receipt of
your invitation to be represented at the " Centennial " of
good, grand old " Princeton ".
While distance and date will preclude the probability
of our being then represented in person, our prayers are
with you and our love.
Fraternally yours,
Joseph H. Smith.
February 21, 1912.
AUSTIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Please permit me to convey to you and to the Faculty
and Directors of Princeton Seminary the thanks of the
Faculty of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Semi-
nary for your kind invitation to attend the exercises cele-
brating the one hundredth anniversary of the founding
of your great institution.
It would give us a great deal of pleasure to be able to
be represented by a delegate on that occasion, but unfor-
tunately it comes just at the time of the closing of our
own session and the annual meeting of the Board of
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Trustees of this Seminary, at which time, owing to
peculiar circumstances, it is important that every mem-
ber of our Faculty shall be present here. Personally I
wish that it were otherwise, for I should count it not
only an honor but a great privilege to be with you in
May and nothing short of necessity would prevent my so
doing.
Princeton is known and loved all over the South and
nowhere more than in Texas, and we wish for her many
centuries of loyal service to our Lord and of steadfast
adherence to the principles of our common faith. May
the great Head of the Church crown her efforts with His
presence and blessing and make her increasingly fruitful
in the work of the Kingdom.
Most cordially and sincerely yours,
Robert E. Vinson,
President.
March 8, 1912.
PACIFIC UNITARIAN SCHOOL FOR THE
MINISTRY, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry accepts the
invitation of the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey, to
be represented by a delegate on the occasion of the cele-
bration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Semi-
nary's establishment, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nineteen hundred
and twelve, and has appointed as its delegate the Rev-
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erend William Sacheus Morgan, B.D., Ph.D., Professor
of Systematic Theology.
February 20th, 1912.
THE SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGI-
CAL SEMINARY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
The Faculty of the Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary appreciate very highly the invitation of
Princeton Theological Seminary to send a representa-
tive to the celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of
that honored institution, and I have been honored with
appointment to represent our Seminary on that occasion.
I hope to be present to join with many others in recog-
nizing the great service that Princeton has rendered to
the cause of evangelical religion.
Sincerely yours,
Albert Henry Newman,
Dean and Professor of Church History.
February 23, 1912.
CENTRAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE
REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED
STATES, DAYTON, OHIO
The invitation to send a delegate to the celebration of
the Centennial of Princeton Seminary was received and
laid before the faculty of this institution.
I have been instructed to notify you that we greatly
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appreciate the honor of this invitation, and that Rev.
Prof. J. I. Good, D.D., LL.D., at present residing at
3262 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., has been ap-
pointed to represent our Seminary on the occasion of
your celebration.
Fraternally yours,
Philip Vollmer,
Secretary of the Faculty.
February 21, 1912.
PACIFIC EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SEMI-
NARY, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
The Pacific Lutheran Seminary wishes to announce
the receipt of the invitation extended by your Honorable
Body to attend the celebration, on the 5th, 6th and 7th of
May, of the one hundredth anniversary of the establish-
ment by the General Assembly of the Theological Semi-
nary at Princeton, New Jersey.
The Faculty, in the name of the Institution, desires
to extend cordial felicitations and hearty well-wishes,
and hopes that the future will be as prosperous for the
Seminary as has been the past.
The Board, however, regrets exceedingly that adverse
circumstances will not make it possible to send a repre-
sentative to attend the festivities.
Yours fraternally,
Armin Paul Meyer,
President.
April 1, 1912.
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SAINT PATRICK'S SEMINARY,
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA
The Faculty of the St. Patrick's Seminary are very
thankful for the honor of your invitation to be repre-
sented by a Delegate at the celebration of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of Princeton Theological Seminary,
but regret to be unable to send any one to be present on
the occasion.
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MISSIONARY SEMINARIES
ALBERT ACADEMY, FREETOWN,
SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA
I wish to acknowledge with many thanks the invita-
tion sent to Albert Academy to send a delegate to the
one hundredth anniversary celebrations of the Theologi-
cal Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton,
New Jersey.
We have elected as our delegate the Vice-Principal of
Albert Academy, the Rev. Edwin M. Hursh, A.B., who
is at present taking special work in Chicago University.
His address is 332 East 55th Street, Chicago, 111. I have
written to inform him of his election as delegate and
trust he will be able to attend.
Very sincerely yours,
Raymond P. Dougherty,
Principal.
March 9, 1912.
ELAT THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL,
ELAT, KAMERUN, WEST AFRICA
In reply to the kind invitation from Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary to the Theological School at Elat, ask-
ing representation at the celebration of Princeton's one
hundredth anniversary, we hasten to say that our Theo-
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logical Seminary is a very modest affair. The building
cost about fifteen dollars; the class now embraces six
Bulu young men and one Ngumba ; the faculty consists
of the writer of these lines ; and the subjects being taught
at present are Church History, Acts of the Apostles, Life
of Christ, and Theology of the Shorter Catechism. But
embryonic as we are out here in the bush, we believe that
our work counts in the redemption of Africa, and we
are not without aspirations to be useful, if not large.
We much appreciate the invitation, and would gladly
accept if distance and limitation of time did not forbid.
Speaking as a little child to a mighty giant, we beg to
wish grand old Princeton another hundred years of
fruit-bearing. And we take this opportunity to raise
again the Macedonian call for some more of her students
to come over and help us.
With fraternal and prayerful thoughts for Princeton
in anticipation of those glad May days of celebration,
On behalf of the Theological work at Elat,
Yours sincerely,
Melvin Fraser.
March 25, 1912.
UNION THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE,
IMPOLWENI, NEAR MARITZBURG, NATAL
The Faculty of this Union Theological College feels
highly honoured by the invitation of the Directors, Trus-
tees and Faculty of your world-famed Theological Semi-
nary to be represented at the coming celebration of the
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one hundredth anniversary of its establishment. Not
having any one in your country at present to represent
us, we must be satisfied with the expression of our best
wishes and prayers for the success of your celebration.
Believe me,
Yours very sincerely,
Jas. Luke,
Principal.
30th May, 1912.
THEOLOGICAL TRAINING SCHOOL,
OGBOMOSO, SOUTHERN NIGERIA,
WEST AFRICA
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Your kind invitation for the Training School of Ogbo-
moso to be represented at the celebration of your One
Hundredth Anniversary was duly received. In the ab-
sence of any representative from our Theological School,
I send to you our hearty congratulations and greetings,
and trust that the years of the second century of your
noble Institution may be crowned with even greater use-
fulness and blessing than the first.
I thank you personally for the thoughtfulness and
missionary interest that lie behind the invitation, that
the great and noble Princeton Theological Seminary
could find a place on its list of invitations for the Theo-
logical Training School of Ogbomoso, West Africa.
Yours fraternally,
(Rev.) George Green, M.D.
April 27th, 1912.
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SEMINARIO THEOLOGICO DA EGREJA
PRESBYTERIANA NO BRASIL,
CAMPINAS, BRAZIL
Coming back to the Seminary, I found the beautiful
invitation which the Theological Seminary at Princeton
has sent to ours.
The Faculty of this Seminary has elected the Rev. Dr.
J. M. Kyle, who for many years has been the Chairman
of our Board of Trustees and who had given valuable
help to this institution when he was here in Brazil, to be
our delegate at the celebration of the Centenary of the
Princeton Seminary.
I remain, dear sir,
Your obedient servant,
Erasmo Braga,
Bean.
March 8th, 1912.
THE AMERICAN COLLEGIATE AND THEO-
LOGICAL INSTITUTE, SAMOKOV,
BULGARIA
The invitation of the Directors, Trustees and Faculty
of Princeton Seminary to the Collegiate and Theological
Institute of Samokov, Bulgaria, to be represented by a
delegate at the approaching celebration of the centenary
of the Seminary, has been received. The Trustees of the
Institute deeply appreciate the courtesy and honor thus
extended, and at a recent meeting voted a hearty expres-
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sion of thanks for the invitation. They also desire to
congratulate the Seminary on the completion of one hun-
dred years of splendid work for the kingdom of Christ
at home and abroad, and to extend sincerest wishes for
its future growth, prosperity and usefulness. It may be
interesting to state that one of the present Trustees is
himself a graduate of Princeton Seminary, Rev. D. N.
Furnajieff, of the class of 1898.
The Trustees also selected as the representative of the
Collegiate and Theological Institute at the centennial
celebration, Rev. Lewis Bond, for many years a mission-
ary of the American Board in European Turkey. Mr.
Bond's present address is No. 720 Kensington Ave.,
Plainfield, N. J. It is hoped that he will be able to accept
this appointment, and he will be requested to inform you
as to his decision.
With cordial and fraternal greetings, I remain,
Very sincerely yours,
Robt. Thomson,
13 March, 1912. President of the Trustees.
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KAREN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
INSEIN, BURMA
To the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Theologi-
cal Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey,
Greeting:
The Karen Theological Seminary regrets that it can-
not be represented by a delegate on the occasion of the
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Hundredth Anniversary of the Princeton Theological
Seminary, as no member of its Staff will be in America
at that time.
March, 1912.
FATI THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE,
CANTON, CHINA
On behalf of the Fati Theological College, I write, at
this too late date, to express our cordial appreciation of
your kind invitation sent to us to send a delegate to the
celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the
establishment of Princeton Theological Seminary.
At this distance we were of course unable to send a
delegate, but we do not forget that our Presbyterian
Mission in Canton has had worthy representatives from
Princeton : in the earlier years, Rev. Charles F. Preston,
easily among the first in ability to speak the Chinese lan-
guage; Rev. B. C. Henry, well known at Princeton as
elsewhere; later Rev. C. E. Patton, still with us; then
our martyred Peale whose short life here left its bless-
ing ; and last Rev. J. W. Creighton.
We shall be glad to have more of your men.
Yours very sincerely,
Henry V. Noyes.
June 21st, 1912.
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THE GRAVES THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL,
CANTON, CHINA
We send you our sincere and hearty congratulations
on the 100th celebration of your work for the Master.
We appreciate very much your kindness in asking us to
send a representative of our institution on the happy
occasion, but regret that we cannot be present.
We pray that God's richest blessing may rest upon
your efforts to promote the cause of our common Lord
and Master, Jesus Christ.
In behalf of the Faculty,
R. S. Graves.
UNION THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL,
FOOCHOW, SOUTH CHINA
The Baldwin School of Theology and the School of
the A. B. C. F. M. in Foochow, together with that of the
English Church Missionary Society, have just estab-
lished a Union Theological School. At the last meeting
of the Board of Managers the invitations from the
Princeton Theological Seminary to the Baldwin School
and the A. B. C. F. M. School were presented, and I was
asked to write on behalf of the Board of Managers to
convey our best thanks to the Directors, Trustees and
Faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary and to
say that we are asking Dr. W. W. White, of New York,
to represent this Union Theological School at the cele-
bration of the Centenary of the Princeton Theological
Seminary in May next.
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With our best wishes for a very successful celebration,
on behalf of the Board of Managers, Union Theological
School, Foochow,
Yours very faithfully,
H. M. W. Price,
Bishop of the Church of England in Fuhkien.
March 25, 1912.
NANKING UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
NANKING, CHINA
In response to your kind invitation just received, the
Faculty of the Nanking Union Theological Seminary is
asking the Rev. J. E. Williams, of our Board of Direc-
tors, to act as our delegate on the occasion of the one
hundredth anniversary of Princeton Theological Semi-
nary. We shall greatly appreciate the opportunity of
being represented on this auspicious occasion, and join
in heartiest wishes for the future.
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
J. C. Gareitt,
March 22, 1912. President.
THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OF SHAOWU,
FOOCHOW, CHINA
Your kind invitation to the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the Princeton Theological Seminary has come to
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hand, and I wish to express our appreciation of the high
honor conferred upon us.
It has long been the day of beginnings in China, but
some of our teachings are finding congenial soil. China
is not like any other non-Christian country. Only one-
tenth can read, but the reading tenth is so distributed
that a very large majority of the people have near rela-
tives who can read; and the future of China is to a
peculiar degree in the hands of the reading tenth. There
is opening up a commanding position for an educated
ministry.
Rev. C. L. Storrs, of our Station, is now on his way
home for a well-earned furlough, and I am forwarding
your invitation to him. He is worthy of double honor
for thorough work, both educational and evangelistic.
As Shaowu is out of reach of telegraphic communica-
tion, we are not permitted to reside there just now, but
hope to be back there soon.
Very heartily yours,
J. E. Walker.
March 18, 1912.
ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY,
SHANGHAI, CHINA
I am in receipt of your invitation, inviting St. John 's
University to send a representative to attend the cele-
bration of the one hundredth anniversar}^ of your Theo-
logical Seminary, and appreciate the courtesy you have
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extended to us. I have asked Dr. William H. Jefferys,
who is now in the United States, to act as our represen-
tative and hope he may be able to attend.
Yours sincerely,
F. L. Hawks Pott,
President.
March 15th, 1912.
ASHMORE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
SWATOW, CHINA
The Faculty of Ashmore Theological Seminary beg to
acknowledge your invitation to send a delegate to the
celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the
Princeton Theological Seminary. We appreciate the
honor you do us, and are asking Rev. A. F. Groesbeck,
a trustee of our Seminary when on the mission field, and
just returned to the United States on furlough, to repre-
sent us, if possible, on that occasion.
May God continue to richly bless Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary in its work of building up and extending
His Kingdom in all the earth.
The Secretary of our Faculty, a Chinese teacher,
sends acknowledgment in the usual Chinese form.
In behalf of the Faculty of Ashmore Theological
Seminary,
Wm. Ashmore,
President.
March 21, 1912.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Though I would have reckoned it a great honor to have
been present at your anniversary May 5-7, I must de-
plore not being able, though I hope to be in the United
States at that time. The duties of a General Conference
Delegate constrain me to stay in Minneapolis. And any
other representation our small school cannot afford to
send.
I congratulate your Church on its great school, and
you on your long and honorable record.
Yours truly,
L. C. Laesen,
President.
February 20th, 1912.
UNITED THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE,
BANGALORE, SOUTH INDIA
On behalf of the United Theological College of South
India and Ceylon, I wish to express our appreciation of
the kind invitation, just received, to be represented at
the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the
establishment of the Princeton Theological Seminary, on
the 5th, 6th and 7th of May.
Our College regrets its inability to send a representa-
tive to Princeton. But, rejoicing at the long record of
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fruitful service to Christ's Church upon which the
Princeton Theological Seminary is able to look back, we
join with its many friends in all good wishes for its
future.
I am,
Yours truly,
L. P. Larsen,
Principal.
March 14th, 1912.
BAPATLA NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL,
BAPATLA, SOUTH INDIA
In the name of the Bapatla Normal Training School,
I thank you for your courtesy in asking us to send a
delegate on the occasion of your celebration of the 100th
anniversary of your great institution.
It gives me pleasure to inform you that Rev. John
Newcomb is returning to America and he has kindly con-
sented to represent us as our delegate. Please receive
him as a brother beloved.
We praise God that your noble Seminary has been
permitted to do such a great work for the Master during
the past one hundred years. May our Master make you
more and more to abound in His work, since that work
has not been, is not and never can be in vain, as your his-
tory so clearly proves.
Our work is the same as yours, for we are preparing
in our humble school, workers for the Master's vineyard.
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So we gladly join hands with you on this glorious occa-
sion, for
"Ob nah, ob fern,
Unsere Arbeit macht uns eins in dem Herrn!"
Your co-worker in the Master's vineyard,
Geo. N. Thomssen,
President.
March 18, 1912.
BAREILLY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
BAREILLY, INDIA
I have the pleasure to acknowledge your invitation for
the Bareilly Theological Seminary to be represented by
a delegate on the occasion of the one hundredth anniver-
sary of your Seminary, and to reply that the Trustees
and Faculty of the Bareilly Theological Seminary have
asked the Rev. Thomas Jefferson Scott, D.D., of Ocean
Grove, New Jersey, who was for thirty years the Princi-
pal of the Seminary, to represent us on that occasion.
Will you kindly address any necessary correspondence
to him directly ?
Wishing you abundant success in the honorable and
important function for which you are preparing, I am,
Yours sincerely,
W. A. Mansell,
Principal.
March 14, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
AMERICAN BAPTIST TELUGTJ MISSION,
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
RAMAPATNAM, NELLORE DISTRICT, INDIA
The communication from the Princeton Theological
Seminary inviting our Seminary to be represented by a
delegate on the occasion of the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of its establishment by the Gen-
eral Assembly, on the 5th, 6th and 7th of May, was duly
received and appreciated.
At a meeting of the faculty and students of our Semi-
nary, held yesterday, it was
Resolved: (1) To cordially thank the Directors, Trus-
tees and Faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary
for their remembrance and recognition of our institu-
tion as well as for the honor of the invitation to be pres-
ent on this great occasion; (2) To convey our united
congratulations to your institution on this occasion,
coupled with the prayer that God, who has so signally
blessed the Princeton Seminary in the past, may con-
tinue to do so in the future for His honor and glory and
the extension of His kingdom in every land; and (3) To
elect the Rev. W. L. Ferguson, D.D., a former member
of our faculty, who happens to be home on furlough, to
represent us on this occasion.
Yours sincerely,
J. Heinrichs,
President.
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PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
SAHARANPUR, NORTHWEST
PROVINCES, INDIA
In reply to your invitation to the Presbyterian Theo-
logical Seminary at Saharanpnr, to send a delegate to
be present at the 100th Anniversary of the establishment
of Princeton Theological Seminary, to be held on May
5th, 6th and 7th, 1912, I write to inform you that we
have requested Rev. Fred J. Newton, an alumnus of
Princeton Seminary, and a member of the Punjab Mis-
sion, which maintains the Saharanpur Seminary, to rep-
resent us on that occasion.
Regretting very much that I am unable to be present,
I remain,
Yours very truly,
H. C. Velte.
March 14, 1912.
SCVOLA TEOLOGICA BATTISTA,
ROME, ITALY
Owing to a mistake at the post-office the invitation to
have our school represented at the great anniversary of
Princeton only reached me a few days ago, hence the
delay in replying to an honour so appreciated. It is with
real regret that I must decline the invitation to be pres-
ent on an occasion so interesting. I have always had an
ardent admiration for the Princeton School, and a pe-
culiar sympathy for the noble Church it represents; if I
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were not a Baptist I should have to become a Presby-
terian on the spot. Fortunately, however, no Church can
confine our brotherly love which goes out in warm con-
gratulations from our baby Seminary to your full-grown
and stalwart one. May God grant Princeton another
hundred years as fruitful as her last, is the wish of
Yours fraternally,
April 25, 1912. D. G. WHITTINGHILL.
THE KOBE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL,
KOBE, JAPAN
The Kobe Theological School desires to thank you for
the kind invitation to be represented at the celebration
of the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment
of Princeton Seminary. We regret that it will be im-
possible for us to send a delegate on that occasion. But
we wish to congratulate you on the splendid history of
your institution, and to rejoice with you in view of all
that has been accomplished by her for the advance of
Christ's Kingdom during the past hundred years. Also
we pray that under the blessing of God you may have an
even more successful future— a future in which you may
continue, as during the past century, to witness with
power for the ' ' faith once delivered to the saints. ' '
Praying God's richest blessing upon your Seminary,
we are,
Yours very sincerely,
Kobe Theological School,
S. P. Fulton,
April 4th, 1912. Principal.
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THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL OF THE KWANSEI
GAKUIN, KOBE, JAPAN
In response to the kind invitation to the Theological
School of the Kwansei Gakuin to be represented by a
delegate at your centennial celebration in May, this
year, I have the honor to inform you that we have re-
quested the Rev. S. E. Hager, formerly a professor in
our Theological School and now in America on furlough,
to represent us on that occasion.
Thanking you for the invitation and hoping that our
delegate will attend, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Thos. H. Haden,
Dean.
March 25, 1912.
THE DOSHISHA THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL,
KYOTO, JAPAN
The Doshisha Theological School at Kyoto, Japan, ac-
knowledges with appreciation the invitation to attend
by delegate the One Hundredth Anniversary of the
establishment of the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States of America at
Princeton, New Jersey, on Sunday, Monday and Tues-
day, the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nineteen hun-
dred and twelve; and hereby introduces the Reverend
George M. Rowland, D.D., of Sapporo, Japan, now in
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the United States, as its delegate by vote of the Faculty,
March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve.
Tasuku Harada,
President.
March 16, 1912.
NORTH JAPAN COLLEGE,
SENDAI, JAPAN
The Board of Directors of North Japan College appre-
ciates greatly the honor of being invited to be repre-
sented by a delegate at the celebration of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the establishment of the Theologi-
cal Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America at Princeton, New Jersey, and in-
structs me in its name to accept with thanks the invita-
tion and to say that Professor Teizaburo Demura, A.M.,
Dean of the Higher Department of North Japan Col-
lege, has been authorized to represent our institution at
the celebration. His address is No. 12 Divinity Hall,
Cambridge, Mass.
With heartfelt wishes for the success of the celebra-
tion, and for the continued prosperity and usefulness of
Princeton Theological Seminary, I have the honor to
subscribe myself,
Very respectfully yours,
David B. Schneder,
President.
March 21st, 1912.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
JAPAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
TOKYO, JAPAN
In accordance with your very kind invitation, at a
faculty meeting held this morning, we elected Prof.
Chas. B. Tenney, of the New Testament Department, to
be our representative at the celebration of the 100th
anniversary of the founding of Princeton Theological
Seminary.
On behalf of the faculty of the Japan Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary,
W. B. Parshley,
March 6th, 1912. President.
MEIJI GAKUIN, TOKYO, JAPAN
The Theological Faculty of Meiji Gakuin has ap-
pointed us to reply to the courteous invitation to Meiji
Gakuin to appoint a delegate to represent it on the occa-
sion of the one hundredth anniversary of the establish-
ment of Princeton Theological Seminary. Were it not
for the great distance, it would be a great pleasure to
accept the invitation.
We congratulate Princeton on the great work which
it has done for the Kingdom of God in the past, and pray
that its future may give even greater cause for thanks-
giving. In particular we desire to express our gratitude
for what it has contributed through so many of its gradu-
ates to the Church of Christ in Japan.
Sincerely yours,
Kajinostjke Ibtjea,
March 6th, 1912. WlLLIAM IMBRIE.
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COLEGIO INTERNACIONAL,
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
We feel highly honored by the unexpected invitation
to send a delegate to the centennial of Princeton Semi-
nary. Although there has been no personal or official
connection between this school and the Seminary, edu-
cators in all parts of the world must have an interest and
pride in the splendid achievement and priceless service
rendered to the church and the world by your institu-
tion. So we gladly accept your gracious invitation and
name as delegate to represent our humble establishment
on the memorable occasion the Rev. A. C. Wright, for-
merly associate principal of the "Colegio Internacional' '
of Guadalajara. He is now pursuing especial studies in
Hartford Theological Seminary. Should he be able to
attend the celebration he will notify you opportunely.
Thanking you for the unmerited consideration, I
remain,
Yours very truly,
John Howland.
February 21, 1912.
THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT,
URITMIA COLLEGE, URUMIA, PERSIA
I had the pleasure recently to receive your kind invi-
tation to be present at the one hundredth Anniversary of
the founding of Princeton Seminary, next May.
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I regret exceedingly my inability to be present with
you all on such a memorable occasion, and confess it is
a deep disappointment, especially as my furlough comes
this year. But our own Theological Department does
not close until a date too late to admit of any possibility
of being there.
I take pleasure, however, in appointing the Rev.
R. M. Labaree as delegate from the Theological Depart-
ment of Urumia College, and have advised him of the
same. He left for the United States nearly a month ago
and is to be congratulated on the opportunity of being
there with you at this time.
I shall think of you all those days and hope they may
be fraught with great good for the dear old Seminary.
Sincerely yours,
Fred'k G. Coan.
March 29th, 1912.
ILOILO BIBLE SCHOOL,
ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
The invitation to attend the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the establishment of the Princeton Theological
Seminary is at hand today. The Iloilo Bible School ap-
preciates the honor of being invited, and regrets that cir-
cumstances make it impossible to accept the invitation.
Yours very truly,
Henry Weston Munger,
Assistant Principal.
March 25, 1912.
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THE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL TRAIN-
ING SCHOOL, MAYAGUEZ, PORTO RICO
The Presbyterian Theological Training School, the
youngest daughter of Princeton Theological Seminary,
sends greetings on the occasion of the One Hundredth
Anniversary of the Founding of the Seminary, and re-
grets that no one can be present at that joyous time to
represent this school.
James Alexander McAllister,
President.
April, 1912.
PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
BEIRUT, SYRIA
j
We have recently received the invitation to the 100th
anniversary of the establishment of the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, and I have the great pleasure of writ-
ing of the same to all the members of our Mission.
Seeing that there are two members of our Theological
Faculty in the United States, we shall have great plea-
sure in requesting one of them to represent us at this
great gathering, and just as soon as I can secure answers
to a circular vote which I am sending round the Mission,
I will give you the name and address of our delegate.
It will interest you to know that we are about taking
a good step forward in the matter of theological training
here in Syria. We are erecting a new building at a cost
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of $12,000 and, nothing preventing, hope to assemble a
good class this coming fall. Our present Faculty will
consist of Rev. O. J. Hardin, Rev. F. W. March, Rev.
George Ford, D.D., and myself, together with some na-
tive instructors and lecturers from the Faculty of the
Syrian Protestant College and neighboring Missions.
While under the care of the Presbyterian Mission, we
hope to make the enterprise inter-denominational and
as far as possible supply the needs of a number of mis-
sionary enterprises at work in the Levant.
Very cordially and sincerely yours,
Fkanklin E. Hoskins,
Stated Clerk to the Syria Mission.
March 14, 1912.
MARASH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY,
MARASH, TURKEY-IN-ASIA
Let me acknowledge with gratitude, on behalf of
Marash Theological Seminary, the invitation of the Di-
rectors, Trustees and Faculty of Princeton Theological
Seminary with reference to the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the latter. It is our hope that Rev. W. N. Cham-
bers, D.D., of Adana, recently honored with the degree
of D.D. by Princeton University, will be able to be pres-
ent as our delegate.
Yours sincerely,
Feed Field Goodsell.
March 11th, 1912.
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WESTERN TURKEY THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY, MARSOVAN, TURKEY-IN-ASIA
Your invitation to the Western Turkey Theological
Seminary to be represented at the one hundredth anni-
versary of the establishment of the Theological Semi-
nary has duly come to hand. We have taken action
requesting our former associate, Rev. George F. Her-
rick, D.D., for many years a member of this Mission Sta-
tion, and one of the faculty of the Theological Seminary,
but now in America on furlough, to act as our representa-
tive on your centennial occasion. I am writing him direct
and we hope very much that he may be able to be pres-
ent. He certainly will be an able representative of our
Seminary if he can attend your exercises.
We congratulate you on the great work done by the
Seminary. Rev. T. A. Elmer, one of our present teach-
ers, is a graduate of Princeton College and Seminary,
and Rev. Edward Riggs, D.D., for many years one of
our leading instructors in the Seminary, was a graduate
of Princeton College.
Sincerely yours,
G. E. White.
March 2, 1912.
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RESPONSES FROM
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the Univer-
sity tender to the Board of Trustees of the Theologi-
cal Seminary their cordial appreciation of the invita-
tion extended to them so courteously through the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees of the Seminary in person,
to attend the Centennial Exercises of the Seminary, to
be held on the fifth, sixth and seventh days of May, next,
and hereby accept the invitation so extended ; and be it
further
Resolved, That this Board hereby tender to the Theo-
logical Seminary for the Centennial Exercises the use of
Alexander Hall for the Celebration, and be it further
Resolved, That a delegation be appointed from the
Trustees to represent this Board at the Celebration.
In accordance with the third resolution, the President
of the University, pro tempore, appointed as a delega-
tion to represent the Board at the Centennial Exercises
of the Theological Seminary, Hon. William J. Magie,
Rev. Dr. Simon J. McPherson, Hon. Bayard Henry,
Mr. James W. Alexander, Mr. Robert Garrett.
Chas. W. McAlpin,
Secretary.
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY,
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
The Senate of Dalhousie University wish to acknow-
ledge with many thanks the favour of the invitation
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from the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey, to
take part in the celebration of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the establishment of the Seminary.
We regret very much that we have not been able at
an earlier date to name our delegate for that occasion.
I now have the honour to inform you that the Reverend
M. J. MacLeod, of the Collegiate Church, New York, has
found it possible to represent us, and he will convey to
you the felicitations of this University on this occasion
of rejoicing.
I have the honour to be,
Very faithfully yours,
A. Stanley Mackenzie,
May 1, 1912. President.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO,
TORONTO, CANADA
I have asked the Rev. Professor Kerr D. Macmillan,
B.A., who is on your staff, to represent the University
of Toronto at the celebration of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the establishment of the Theological Semi-
nary of Princeton. Mr. Macmillan is a graduate of the
University of Toronto and is thus fully competent to
represent us.
Yours sincerely,
Robt. A. Falconer,
President.
March 6th, 1912.
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Harvard University accepts with pleasure the invita-
tion of the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Theo-
logical Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Prince-
ton, New Jersey, to the celebration of the one-hundredth
anniversary of its establishment, to be held on the fifth,
sixth and seventh of May, 1912, and has appointed Wil-
liam Wallace Fenn, Bussey Professor of Theology, and
Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, as its delegate on that
occasion.
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YALE UNIVERSITY,
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
I have the honor to inform you that Professor Wil-
liston Walker has been appointed the delegate of Yale
University at the one hundredth anniversary of the
establishment of the Princeton Theological Seminary,
which is to be celebrated on Sundaj^, Monday and Tues-
day, the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nineteen hun-
dred and twelve.
Very truly yours,
Edwin Rogers Imbrie,
Acting for the Absent Secretary.
March 4, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA,
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
It gives me pleasure to advise you that the official rep-
resentative of the University of Pennsylvania at the one
hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Theo-
logical Seminary to be held on the fifth, sixth and seventh
of May, nineteen hundred and twelve, will be Professor
James Alan Montgomery, Ph.D., S.T.D.
With best wishes for a happy reunion on the part of
the friends of the Seminary, I am,
Yours sincerely,
Edgar F. Smith,
Provost.
February 26th, 1912.
BROWN UNIVERSITY,
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
In accordance with your invitation I have appointed
Professor Henry T. Fowler, Ph.D., Professor of Bibli-
cal Literature in Brown University, to represent us at
the One Hundredth Anniversary of Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary on the fifth, sixth and seventh of May. I
know that he cannot be present all three days, but he will
endeavor to be present as long as possible, selecting the
most favorable time after the full program is sent him.
Brown University joins with all other institutions of
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learning in congratulating the Seminary on its notable
anniversary.
Sincerely yours,
W. H. P. Fattnce,
President.
February 29th, 1912.
RUTGERS COLLEGE,
NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY
The Trustees and Faculty of Rutgers College accept
with appreciation the invitation of the Theological Semi-
nary at Princeton, New Jersey, to be represented by a
delegate at the celebrating of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the establishment of the Seminary on the
fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nineteen hundred and
twelve.
February 19th, 1912.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE,
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Pray allow me, in behalf of Dartmouth College, to
acknowledge with appreciation the receipt of an invita-
tion from Princeton Theological Seminary to the Col-
lege, to send a delegate to the celebration of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the Seminary.
The College has appointed the Reverend Benjamin
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Tenney Marshall, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of New Rochelle, New York, to represent it on
this occasion.
Yours with sincere respect,
Ernest Fox Nichols,
President.
3rd April, 1912.
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY,
LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA
In reply to the invitation of the Directors, Trustees,
and Faculty of the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States of America,
Princeton, N. J., to take part in the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of its establishment by the
General Assembly, the Faculty of Washington and Lee
University has appointed as its delegate Rev. Dr. James
Robert Howerton, Professor of Philosophy, to represent
Washington and Lee University on that occasion.
Yours very truly,
H. D. Campbell,
February 20, 1912. Dean.
DICKINSON COLLEGE,
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA
The President and Faculty of Dickinson College ac-
knowledge with appreciation the invitation of the Theo-
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logical Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, New Jersey, to
attend the one hundredth anniversary of its establish-
ment on the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nineteen
hundred and twelve, and have designated the president
of the College, Eugene Allen Noble, L.H.D., as its ac-
credited representative on this occasion, which calls for
congratulation and thanksgiving.
February 29th, 1912.
HAMPDEN-SIDNEY COLLEGE,
HAMPDEN-SIDNEY,
VIRGINIA
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your very cour-
teous invitation to Hampden- Sidney College to be repre-
sented at the Centennial Celebration of your venerable
Seminary. It would afford me personally very especial
gratification to be present on that happy occasion, inas-
much as the honored founder of your Seminary, Dr.
Archibald Alexander, had filled with distinction the
presidency of this College. I am satisfied that it was the
ability demonstrated and the reputation achieved as
President of Hampden-Sidney College that pointed him
out as the logical man to take charge of the proposed
Theological School at Princeton, New Jersey. At any
rate, our institutions are certainly very closely linked in
this way.
We have appointed the Rev. W. Creighton Campbell,
D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Roanoke,
Virginia, as the representative of Hampden-Sidney Col-
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lege at your approaching Centennial. Dr. Campbell is
an alumnus of the College, a member of our Board of
Trustees, and one of the prominent ministers of our Vir-
ginia Synod. He will probably be present throughout
the entire Centennial Exercises. I regret that I cannot
be present in person and have a share in these impressive
exercises.
With very kind regards, I am,
Cordially yours,
H. Tucker Graham,
President.
February 23, 1912.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA,
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
The faculty of the University of North Carolina ap-
preciate the invitation to send a delegate to the celebra-
tion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the establish-
ment of the Princeton Theological Seminary.
We regret that it will be impracticable to send a dele-
gate on that occasion, but wish to tender our congratu-
lations on the completion of these hundred years of use-
ful service and to give expression to our best wishes for
the future welfare and prosperity of the institution.
Very truly yours,
Francis P. Venable,
President.
February 27, 1912.
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WILLIAMS COLLEGE,
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
On behalf of Williams College, I beg to acknowledge
receipt of the very courteous invitation of the Directors,
Trustees and Faculty of the Seminary to send a delegate
to attend the One Hundredth Anniversary of the estab-
lishment of Princeton Theological Seminary. I have
communicated with Dr. William Rankin, our oldest liv-
ing graduate, now a resident of Princeton, and am in
receipt of a letter from his son stating that it will give
his father pleasure to serve as a delegate on that occasion.
Very sincerely yours,
H. A. Garfield.
President.
April 11, 1912.
UNION UNIVERSITY,
SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
Union University takes pleasure in appointing the
Rev. Charles Alexander Richmond, D.D., LL.D., Presi-
dent of Union College and Chancellor of Union Univer-
sity, as the official delegate at the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of the Princeton Theological
Seminary on the fifth, sixth and seventh of May, nine-
teen hundred and twelve.
April 4th, 1912.
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MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE,
MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT
I beg to acknowledge the kind invitation of Princeton
Theological Seminary to the one hundredth anniversary
of its establishment on May 5th, 6th, and 7th. We ap-
preciate the courtesy of your invitation and shall wish
to be represented at the anniversary exercises.
I am asking Rev. Charles E. Hesselgrave, Ph.D., pas-
tor of the Stanley Congregational Church, Chatham,
New Jersey, and a graduate of Middlebury College in
the class of 1893, to represent Middlebury College at
your centennial. Faithfully yours,
John M. Thomas,
President.
March 8, 1912.
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE,
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
I have been appointed by the Faculty of Washington
and Jefferson College to attend the Centennial Celebra-
tion of Princeton Theological Seminary, May fifth, sixth
and seventh, and it is my intention to be present.
Yours truly,
J. D. Moffat,
President.
April 24, 1912.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
MIAMI UNIVERSITY,
OXFORD, OHIO
Miami University regrets that it will be impossible to
accept the invitation of the Directors, Trustees and
Faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary to be
represented at the one hundredth anniversary of its es-
tablishment by the General Assembly, on Sunday, Mon-
day and Tuesday, the fifth, sixth and seventh of May,
nineteen hundred and twelve.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
I am directed by the Board of Trustees to say in reply
to your courteous invitation for Columbia University to
be represented at the one hundredth anniversary of the
establishment of the Theological Seminary of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States of America, that
the invitation is accepted with thanks, and that the Uni-
versity will be represented by Dickinson S. Miller, Ph.D.,
Professor of Philosophy, and Raymond C. Knox, B.D.,
Chaplain of the University.
Very truly yours,
Frank D. Fackenthal,
Secretary.
March 21, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH,
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
On behalf of the University of Pittsburgh, I wish to
acknowledge receipt of the invitation to attend the cele-
bration of the one hundredth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America at
Princeton, New Jersey. The University of Pittsburgh
extends its hearty congratulations to the Seminary on its
long and useful career of noble service, and wishes for it
many more years of enlarged influence and power.
The representative of the University of Pittsburgh
will be S. B. Linhart, A.M., D.D., Secretary of the Uni-
versity.
Cordially yours,
S. B. Linhart,
April 29th, 1912. Secretary.
AMHERST COLLEGE,
AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
Amherst College accepts with pleasure the very kind
invitation of the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the
Princeton Theological Seminary to be represented at the
one hundredth anniversary of its establishment, May
5th, 6th, and 7th, 1912.
President George Harris will represent Amherst
College.
March 12th, 1912.
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FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE,
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
President Henry Harbaugh Apple regrets very much
that he is unable to accept the kind invitation to attend
the One Hundredth Anniversary of the establishment of
the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America on May fifth, sixth and
seventh.
He sends most cordial greetings and best wishes from
Franklin and Marshall College and ardent prayer for
the work of the Princeton Theological Seminary.
April 12th, 1912.
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE,
EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
To the Directors, Trustees and Faculty of the Theologi-
cal Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America at Princeton, N. J —
Greeting :
Lafayette College offers its congratulations to the
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at
Princeton, N. J., upon the completion of one hundred
years of service in the education of men to preach the
glorious gospel of the blessed God, and rejoices with it
in its record as a seminary of learning and as a nursing
mother of those who, through so long a period, with un-
faltering loyalty to the truth, have prosecuted their
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ministry. Lafayette College has sent many of its sons
to be trained in the Seminary, foremost among them
William Henry Green whose memory is dear alike to
College and Seminary, and marks with satisfaction that
at the present time no college has so many students on
the roll of the Seminary. It also acknowledges with
gratitude its debt to the Seminary for teachers and trus-
tees who have brought from the Seminary knowledge
and zeal for the truth. May this celebration redound to
the glory of God, and introduce with fitting dignity a
new century of yet more faithful service.
Lafayette College designates its President, Ethelbert
D. Warfield, D.D., LL.D., President of the Board of
Directors of the Seminary, and John Moffat Mecklin,
Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, a graduate of the Semi-
nary, to represent it at the Celebration May 5th, 6th and
7th, 1912.
Wm. S. Hall,
Clerk of the Faculty.
April 29, 1912.
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY,
NEW YORK CITY
I beg to acknowledge on behalf of New York Univer-
sity the invitation of the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church at Princeton, N. J., to be repre-
sented by a delegate at the one hundredth anniversary.
The University has appointed Prof. Herman H.
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Home, Ph.D., Professor of the History of Education
and of the History of Philosophy, as its delegate to rep-
resent the University at the Centennial, May 5th-7th.
Very truly yours,
John H. MacCracken,
Syndic.
February 26, 1912.
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE,
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
On behalf of the Faculty of Pennsylvania College,
Gettysburg, I have the honor to acknowledge the invita-
tion of Princeton Theological Seminary, through its
Directors, Trustees and Faculty, to be represented by a
delegate at the celebration of the one-hundredth anniver-
sary of its establishment, and to reply that we accept
and have appointed Professor Philip M. Bikle, Ph.D.,
Dean of the College, as our delegate. Should Dean
Bickle not be able to attend, he is authorized to appoint
a substitute, of which due notice will be given.
With best wishes for the Seminary,
Very truly yours,
H. A. Rinard,
Secretary of the Faculty.
February 22, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
WABASH COLLEGE,
CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA
Rev. Arthur J. Brown, D.D., 156 Fifth Avenue, New
York, will represent Wabash College at the forthcoming
anniversary of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Trusting that your anticipation of the event may be
fully realized, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
G. L. Mackintosh,
President.
March 1, 1912.
DELAWARE COLLEGE,
NEWARK,
DELAWARE
The Faculty of Delaware College accept with thanks
the invitation of the Directors, Trustees, and Faculty of
the Seminary to send a delegate to the One Hundredth
Anniversary of its establishment by the General Assem-
bly, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the 5th, 6th and
7th of May, 1912. The Rev. Dr. W. J. Rowan of the
College Faculty has been designated as our delegate to
the Anniversary and will be in attendance at that time.
Very truly yours,
Edw. Laurence Smits,
Secretary pro tern.
February 27, 1912.
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HANOVER COLLEGE,
HANOVER, INDIANA
In response to the invitation received from Princeton
Theological Seminary requesting Hanover College to be
represented by a delegate on the occasion of the celebra-
tion of the 100th anniversary of its establishment, I have
the honor and pleasure of certifying to the appointment
of the Reverend John Simonson Howk, D.D., Secretary
of Hanover College, as her delegate for the occasion, and
extending to the Seminary the greetings of Hanover
College.
Very sincerely yours,
W. A. Millis,
February 21, 1912. President.
MARIETTA COLLEGE,
MARIETTA, OHIO
Marietta College desires to be represented at the One
Hundredth Anniversary of the Seminary and in the
inability of the President or member of the Faculty to
attend has designated Rev. William T. Wilcox, D.D., a
graduate of the College in 1891, of Bloomfield, N. J., to
represent us on that occasion.
Very truly yours,
Alfred T. Perry,
President.
April 13, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY,
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
The President of Transylvania University acknow-
ledges with pleasure the invitation to attend the Hun-
dredth Anniversary of the Theological Seminary of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,
at Princeton, New Jersey, and regrets exceedingly that
a delegate cannot be sent to represent us on this occasion.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE
DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA
I have received the invitation of Princeton Seminary,
and take great pleasure in appointing as the delegate
from Davidson College on that occasion our Professor of
Modern Languages, Rev. Thos. W. Lingle, Ph.D., who is
himself an alumnus of Princeton Seminary.
Cordially yours,
Henry Louis Smith,
President.
February 23, 1912.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the invitation of
the Princeton Theological Seminary to the University of
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Michigan to be represented by delegate upon the occa-
sion of the exercises in celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of the establishment of the Seminary, to be
held Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, the 5th, 6th, and
7th of May, 1912. This is to notify you that the Rev-
erend Walter A. Brooks, of Trenton, New Jersey, a
graduate of the University of Michigan, has been ap-
pointed to act as our delegate. Mr. Brooks has accepted
the appointment.
Very sincerely yours,
H. B. Hutchins,
President.
March 21, 1912.
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE,
NEW WILMINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
In response to the kind invitation of Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary that Westminster College shall be rep-
resented by a delegate at the 100th anniversary celebra-
tion May 5, 6, 7, 1912, would say, that it will be my plea-
sure as President of Westminster College to represent
the institution on that occasion.
With much appreciation of the courtesy extended by
the Theological Seminary of Princeton, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
R. M. Russell,
President.
February 19, 1912.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
NEW YORK CITY
In response to the invitation of the Theological Semi-
nary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, New Jer-
sey, I am instructed to inform you that the College of the
City of New York will be represented by President John
H. Finley at the celebration of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the establishment of the Seminary on Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, the fifth, sixth and seventh of
May, nineteen hundred and twelve.
Yours very truly,
H. L. McCaktie,
Secretary to the President.
March 14th, 1912.
LAKE FOREST COLLEGE,
LAKE FOREST,
ILLINOIS
I wish to acknowledge receipt of the invitation of the
Directors, Trustees, and Faculty of the Seminary to
Lake Forest College to be represented at the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the establishment of the Semi-
nary, on the 5th, 6th and 7th of May. I shall hope to be
present myself to represent Lake Forest on that occa-
sion.
Sincerely yours,
John S. Nollen,
President.
February 21, 1912.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
MACALESTER COLLEGE,
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
The faculty and trustees of Macalester College request
me to convey to you and through you to the officers and
faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary their plea-
sure over the invitation so kindly extended to send a dele-
gate to the Hundredth Anniversary of your honorable
institution.
They have elected an alumnus of Macalester College
and an alumnus of Princeton Seminary in the person of
Eev. W. P. Lee, D.D., of Germantown, Pa. He has been
notified of this action by the faculty and if he is able to
be present will doubtless register as the official delegate
of Macalester College.
Respectfully,
T. MOREY HODGMAN,
February 29, 1912. President.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY,
CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Lincoln University appreciates the honor of an invita-
tion to the One Hundredth Anniversary of Princeton
Seminary.
J. B. Rendall, principal, or Rev. Robert L. Stewart,
D.D., alternate, either the one or the other, will have the
pleasure of being present as a delegate.
Very sincerely,
J. B. Rendall,
March 5th, 1912. President.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
PARK COLLEGE,
PARKVILLE, MISSOURI
The Faculty of Park College begs to make apprecia-
tive acknowledgment of the invitation of Princeton
Theological Seminary to appoint a representative upon
the occasion of the celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of the establishment of the Seminary. We
have requested Rev. C. B. McAfee, D.D., Park 1884, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., to serve as our representative.
With sincere good wishes for the continued prosperity
and work of the Seminary, I am,
Very truly,
Roy V. Magers,
February 20, 1912. Secretary of the Faculty.
PARSONS COLLEGE,
FAIRFIELD, IOWA
President Parsons wishes me to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of the invitation to Parsons College to be repre-
sented on the occasion of the One Hundredth Anniver-
sary of Princeton.
He wishes me also to state that he plans to be present
himself and will represent Parsons College. If Presi-
dent Parsons finds that he is unable to attend later on,
you will be duly notified.
With best wishes 'for the occasion, I am,
Very truly yours,
C. E. Downard,
February 2lst, 1912. Secretary to the President.
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SOUTHWESTERN PRESBYTERIAN UNIVER-
SITY, CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE
In behalf of this University and its Theological De-
partment, I am instructed by our faculty to thank you
for the invitation to be represented at your centennial
in May. We regret that we shall be unable to accept.
With best wishes,
William Dinwiddie,
Chancellor.
February 20, 1912.
BELLEVUE COLLEGE,
BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA
The invitation of Princeton Theological Seminary to
Bellevue College to be represented on the occasion of the
one hundredth anniversary of its establishment by the
General Assembly has been received and is deeply appre-
ciated.
We have the honor to appoint Rev. A. J. Dressier to
represent Bellevue College on that occasion.
I am sorry that the invitation did not come into my
hands until recently and, therefore, that notification of
this appointment has been so much delayed.
Very sincerely yours,
S. W. Stookey,
President.
April 1, 1912.
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COE COLLEGE,
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
Coe College accepts with pleasure the invitation to
attend the celebration of the One Hundredth Anniver-
sary of Princeton Theological Seminary, May 5, 6 and 7,
1912. The College will be represented by the President
of its Board of Trustees, Rev. Edward R. Burkhalter,
D.D., LL.D.
John A. Marquis,
President.
February 20, 1912.
THE COLLEGE OF EMPORIA,
EMPORIA, KANSAS
I regret that it is impossible for the College of Em-
poria to be represented at the one hundredth anniver-
sary of Princeton Seminary. Let me convey to you our
congratulations and good wishes upon that occasion.
Sincerely yours,
H. C. ClJLBERTSON,
February 22, 1912. President.
NEW WINDSOR COLLEGE,
NEW WINDSOR, MARYLAND
I have the honor to inform you that the invitation to
attend the Hundredth Anniversary of Princeton Semi-
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nary was received; and it gives me pleasure to state
(D.V.) that I hope to attend personally, and enjoy the
great occasion.
Trusting that your efforts may prove a success,
I am most respectfully yours,
James Fraser,
President.
February 20, 1912.
ALMA COLLEGE,
ALMA,
MICHIGAN
The Faculty of Alma College acknowledge the receipt
of your invitation in behalf of the Directors, Trustees
and Faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary to be
present at the Celebration of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the establishment of the institution ; and send
greetings, and compliment you upon the work your insti-
tution has been able to accomplish in the one hundred
years just closing, but regret to say that Alma College
will be unable to be represented by a delegate.
Very truly yours,
F. E. West,
Secretary of the Faculty.
February 26, 1912.
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LIST OF DELEGATES
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
John F. Carson, D.D., LL.D., Moderator
William H. Roberts, D.D., LL.D., Stated Clerk
Rev. William M. Dager, A.B., Moderator of the Synod of New Jersey
Martin D. Kneeland, D.D., Moderator of the Synod of New York
Samuel A. Cornelius, D.D., Moderator of the Synod of Pennsylvania
His Excellency Woodrow Wilson, Ph.D., Litt.D., LL.D.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan, LL.D.
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Hon. William J. Magie, LL.D.
Simon J. McPherson, D.D.
Hon. Bayard Henry, A.M.
James W. Alexander, A.M.
Robert Garrett, B.S.
COURTS OF SCOTCH, IRISH AND CANADIAN
CHURCHES
Alexander Stewart, M.A., D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly
of the Church of Scotland
James Wells, M.A., D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of the
United Free Church of Scotland
James D. McCulloch, D.D., representing William Menzies Alexander,
M.A., B.Sc, M.D., B.D., Moderator of the General Assembly
of the Free Church of Scotland
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
John R. Mackay, M.A., representing Duncan Mackenzie, D.D., Mod-
erator of the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
John Macmillan, B.A., D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Robert P. Mackay, D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada
Rev. David Russell Mitchell, Delegate of the Synod of Ballymena and
Coleraine of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
THE PRESIDING OFFICERS OF
AMERICAN CHURCHES
John F. Carson, D.D., LL.D., Moderator of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Russell Cecil, D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church in the United States
John C. Scouller, D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church of North America
James I. Good, D.D., LL.D., President of the General Synod of the
Reformed Church in the United States
Nehemiah Boynton, D.D., Moderator of the National Council of
Congregational Churches
Junius B. Remensnyder, D.D.,LL.D., President of the General Synod
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the
United States of America
Peter Ainslee, D.D., Chairman of the Christian Union Commission
of the Disciples of Christ
T. F. Bode, D.D., representing J. Pister, D.D., President of the
German Evangelical Synod of North America
Robert F. Rudolph, A.M., D.D., representing Samuel Fallows, D.D.,
LL.D., President of the General Council of the Reformed
Episcopal Church
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SUBORDINATE COURTS OF THE PRESBY-
TERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
Synod of New Jersey
Eben B. Cobb, D.D., Vice-Moderator
Rev. Frank Lukens, A.M.
John T. Kerr, D.D.
Rev. Clarence E. Macartney, A.B.
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Ph.D., Litt.D., LL.D.
Robert E. Speer, D.D.
Edward P. Holden, Esq.
William H. Vail, Esq.
Synod of Pennsylvania
Samuel A. Cornelius, D.D., Moderator
Robert Hunter, D.D.
William L. McEwan, D.D.
Ebenezer Flack, D.D.
Rev. Samuel Semple, A.M.
J. Vernon Bell, D.D.
Synod of Baltimore
Rev. Joseph Turner, A.B., Moderator
James E. Moffatt, D.D.
George P. Wilson, D.D.
Francis H. Moore, D.D.
Synod of West Virginia
Herman G. Stoetzer, D.D.
Presbytery of New Brunswick
Rev. August W. Sonne, A.M., Moderator
Henry C. Minton, D.D., LL.D.
Walter A. Brooks, D.D.
Rev. Daniel R. Foster, A.M.
Rev. Francis Palmer, A.M.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
Presbytery of Philadelphia
Rev. C. A. R. Janvier, A.M., Moderator
Robert Hunter, D.D.
William P. Fulton, D.D.
Presbytery of Newton
Rev. Oscar J. Hardin, A.B., Moderator
Rev. E. Clarke Cline, A.B.
Rev. J. Newton Armstrong, A.B.
Rev. Ward C. Peabody, A.M.
Theodore Tinsman, Esq.
Presbytery of Rochester
G. B. F. Hallock, D.D.
Rev. George H. Fiekes, A.M.
Presbytery of New Albany
John Simonson Howk, D.D.
Alumni in the Synod of California
James S. McDonald, D.D.
THE BOARDS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Board of Home Missions
John Dixon, D.D., an Associate Secretary
The Board of Foreign Missions
George Alexander, D.D., President
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The Board of Education
Charles Wadsworth, Jr., D.D., President
The Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work
Hon. Robert N. Willson, President
The Board of the Church Erection Fund
Hon. Frederick G. Burnham, President
The Board of Relief
Samuel T. Lowrie, D.D.
H. S. P. Nichols, Esq.
William W. Heberton, D.D.
Marcus A. Brownson, D.D.
Members of the Board
The College Board
John H. MacCracken, Ph.D., President
John R. Mackay, Ph.D., Member of the Board
FOREIGN THEOLOGICAL FACULTIES
The Faculty of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh
Alexander Stewart, M.A., D.D., St. Mary's, St. Andrews, Scotland
The Theological Faculty of the University of Glasgow
Norman Kemp Smith, D.Phil., Stuart Professor of Psychology,
Princeton University
The Faculty of Divinity of the University of Aberdeen
John Maenaughton, M.A., Professor of Latin in
McGill University, Montreal
Free Church College, Edinburgh
James D. McCulloch, D.D., Principal
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
Assembly's College, Belfast
John Macmillan, B.A., D.D., Belfast
The Theological Faculty of King's College, London
Frederic Courtney, D.D., D.C.L., New York City
The Theological Faculty of the University of Geneva
David S. Schaff, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History and His-
tory of Doctrine, Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh
The Faculty of Evangelical Theology of Geneva
Alexander Couper Proudfit, A.M., Princeton, N. J.
The Presbyterian College, Halifax
J. W. Falconer, D.D., Professor
Knox College, Toronto
James Ballantyne, D.D., Professor of Church History
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
W. G. Jordan, D.D., Professor of Hebrew and
Old Testament Criticism
The Presbyterian College, Montreal
John Scrimger, D.D., Principal
Manitoba College, Winnipeg
A. B. Baird, D.D., Acting Principal and Professor of
Church History
Westminster Hall, Vancouver, B. C.
A. J. MacGillivray, D.D., Merton, Ontario
The Faculty of Theology of Trinity College, Toronto
Rev. E. Vicars Stevenson, M.A., Plainfield, N. J.
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES OF THE PRES-
BYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
Auburn Theological Seminary
George B. Stewart, D.D., LL.D., President
The Board of Directors of Auburn Theological Seminary
Wilton Merle-Smith, D.D., Member of the Board
Western Theological Seminary
James Anderson Kelso, Ph.D., D.D., President
Lane Theological Seminary
Edward Mack, D.D., Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament
Literature
The Theological Seminary of Kentucky
Jesse Lee Cotton, D.D., Professor in the School of
Old Testament Exegesis
McCormick Theological Seminary
Andrew C. Zenos, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Warren Hall Landon, D.D., President
The German Presbyterian Theological School of the Northwest
William H. Foulkes, D.D., President of the Board of Directors
The German Theological School of Newark, N. J.
Arnold W. Fismer, Ph.D., Professor of New Testament Exegesis
and Ethics
The Theological Seminary of Lincoln University
Robert L. Stewart, D.D., Professor of Pastoral Theology,
Evidences of Christianity and Biblical Archaeology
Omaha Theological Seminary
Albert B. Marshall, D.D., LL.D., President
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
OTHER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES
IN THIS COUNTRY
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America,
New Brunswick, N. J.
J. Preston Searle, D.D., President
Xenia Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio
Joseph Kyle, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Systematic Theology
and Homiletics
The Moravian College and Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa.
"W. N. Schwarze, Ph.D., the Resident Professor
Andover Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Mass.
John W. Platner, D.D., Professor of Church History
Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.
Thomas R. English, D.D., Henry Young Professor of Biblical Litera-
ture and the Interpretation of the New Testament
Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, Me.
David N. Beach, D.D., President
General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
New York City
Arthur Prime Hunt, M.A., B.D., Professor of Christian Ethics
Dickinson S. Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Christian Apologetics
Colgate Theological Seminary, Hamilton, N. Y.
David F. Estes, D.D., Professor of New Testament Interpretation
and Librarian
Yale University Divinity School, Neiv Haven, Conn.
Williston Walker, Ph.D., D.D., L.H.D., Titus Street Professor
of Ecclesiastical History
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia,
Alexandria, Va.
Angus Crawford, D.D., Dean
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the
United States, Lancaster, Pa.
John C. Bowman, D.D., President
Newton Theological Institution, Newton Centre, Mass.
George Edwin Horr, D.D., President
Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa.
J. A. Singmaster, D.D., President
Columbia Theological Seminary, Columbia, S. C.
Henry Alexander White, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Professor of
New Testament Literature and Exegesis
Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn.
Lewis Bayles Paton, Ph.D., D.D., Nettleton Professor of
Old Testament Exegesis and Criticism
Oberlin Theological Seminary, Oberlin, Ohio
Rev. Kemper Fullerton, A.M., Professor of Old Testament
Language and Literature
Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Francis Brown, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Litt. D., President
Boston University School of Theology, Boston, Mass.
William I. Haven, D.D., a Corresponding Secretary of the
American Bible Society
Meadville Theological School, Meadville, Pa.
Franklin C. Southworth, D.D., President
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
The Hamma Divinity School, Springfield, Ohio
David H. Bauslin, D.D., Dean
Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, 111.
Milton S. Terry, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Christian Doctrine
Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn.
Samuel Hart, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Dean
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.
Richard Cameron Wylie, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Church History,
Homiletics, Systematic and Pastoral Theology
St. Lawrence University, Canton Theological School, Canton, N. Y.
Henry P. Forbes, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature
Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, 111.
G. S. Rollins, D.D., Pastor of the Hope Congregational Church,
Springfield, Mass.
Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minn.
Rev. William Austin Smith, Rector of Christ's Church,
Springfield, Mass.
Susquehanna University School of Theology, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Charles T. Aikens, D.D., President
Frank P. Manhart, D.D., Dean
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
Edgar Y. Mullins, D.D., LL.D., President.
Augustana College and Theological Seminary, Rock Island, III.
Carl A. Blomgren, Ph.D., Professor of Hebrew
The Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at
Philadelphia
Henry E. Jacobs, D.D., S.T.D., LL.D., Dean.
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Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Mo.
F. J. Hubach, B.D., Plainfield, N. J.
Atlanta Baptist College Divinity School, Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. John Hope, President
Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass.
Henry Sylvester Nash, D.D., Professor of New Testament
Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J.
Charles F. Sitterly, Ph.D., S.T.D., Professor of Biblical
Literature and English Bible
Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa.
Milton G. Evans, D.D., President
The Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
at Chicago, III.
Revere Franklin Weidner, D.D., LL.D., President
Alfred Theological Seminary, Alfred, N. Y.
B. C. Davis, D.D., President
School of Theology, Howard University, Washington, D. C.
Isaac Clark, D.D., Dean
Vanderbilt University, Biblical Department, Nashville, Tenn.
Wilbur F. Tillett, D.D., LL.D., Dean
The Theological School and Calvin College of the Christian
Reformed Church at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Louis Berkhof, B.D., Professor of Exegetical Theology
Westminster Theological Seminary, Westminster, Md.
Claude Cicero Douglas, A.M., B.D., Secretary
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
Temple University, Department of Theology, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rev. George H. "Wailes, Professor
St. Leo Abbey, St. Leo, Fla.
Harold McA. Robinson, B.D., Princeton, N. J.
Houghton Wesleyan Methodist Seminary, Houghton, N. Y.
Rev. H. R. Smith, Professor of English
Western Theological Seminary, Atchison, Kansas
Frederick G. Gotwald, D.D., York, Pa.
Turner Theological Seminary, Morris Brown College,
Atlanta, Ga.
W. G. Alexander, D.D., Dean
School of Theology, Kansas City University, Kansas City, Kansas
Rev. D. Baines-Griffith, A.M., Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y.
Atlanta Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.
John Wilson Bixler, D.D., Professor elect of Natural Theology
Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry, Berkeley, Cal.
"William Sacheus Morgan, B.D., Ph.D., Professor of
Systematic Theology
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas
Albert Henry Newman, D.D., LL.D., Dean and Professor of
Church History
Central Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church
in the United States, Dayton, Ohio
James I. Good, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Reformed Church History
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Robert L. Rudolph, A.M., D.D., Professor of Systematic Theology,
Biblical Theology and Ethics
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
MISSIONARY SEMINARIES
Albert Academy, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Rev. Edwin M. Hursh, A.B., Vice-Principal
Seminario Theologico da Edgreja Presbyteriana no Brasil,
Campinas, Brazil
John Merrill Kyle, D.D., Lowell, Mass.
American Collegiate and Theological Institute, Samokov, Bulgaria
Rev. Lewis Bond, Plainfield, N. J.
Union Theological School, Foochoiv, China
Wilbert W. White, Ph.D., D.D., New York City.
Nanking Union Theological Seminary, Nanking, China
Rev. J. E. "Williams, Member of the Board of Directors
Theological School of Shaowu, China
Rev. C. L. Storrs, Shaowu
St. John's University, Shanghai, China
William H. Jefferys, D.D., Shanghai
Ashmore Theological Seminary, Swatow, China
Rev. A. F. Groesbeck, Member of the Board of Trustees
Bapatla Normal Training School, Bapatla, South India
Rev. John Newcomb, Bapatla
Bareilly Theological Seminary, Bareilly, India
Thomas Jefferson Scott, D.D., Ocean Grove, N.J.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
American Baptist Theological Seminary, Ramapatnam, India
W. L. Ferguson, D.D., Newton Centre, Mass.
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Saharanpur, India
Rev. Fred. J. Newton, A.M., Professor
The Theological School of the Kwansei Gakuin, Kobe, Japan
Rev. S. E. Hager
Doshisha Theological School, Kyoto, Japan
George M. Rowland, D.D., Sapporo
North Japan College, Sendai, Japan
Teizaburo Demura, A.M., Dean of the Higher Department
Japan Baptist Theological Seminary, Tokyo, Japan
Rev. Charles B. Tenney, Professor of Greek Language and Exegesis
Colegio Internacional, Guadalajara, Mexico
Rev. A. C. Wright, Auburndale, Mass.
Theological Department of Urumia College, Urumia, Persia
Rev. Robert M. Labaree, Urumia
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Beirut, Syria
Rev. Oscar J. Hardin, Professor
Marash Theological Seminary, Marash, Turkey-in-Asia
W. N. Chambers, D.D., Adana
Western Turkey Theological Seminary, Marsovan, Turkey-in-Asia
George F. Herriek, D.D., New York City
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
Faculty of Princeton University
Theodore Whitefield Hunt, Ph.D., L.H.D., Professor of English
Robert College, Constantinople
George Washburn, D.D., Boston, Mass.
Dalhousie University, Halifax
Malcolm James MacLeod, D.D., Minister of the Collegiate Church,
New York City
University of Toronto
Kerr Duncan Macmillan, B.D., Instructor in Church History,
Princeton Theological Seminary
Harvard University
William Wallace Fenn, D.D., Bussey Professor of Theology and
Dean of the Faculty of Divinity
Yale University
Williston Walker, Ph.D., D.D., L.H.D., Titus Street Professor
of Ecclesiastical History
University of Pennsylvania
James Alan Montgomery, Ph.D., S.T.D., Assistant Professor
of Hebrew
Brown University
Henry T. Fowler, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical Literature
Rutgers College
W. H. S. Demarest, D.D., LL.D., President
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
Dartmouth College
Rev. Benjamin Tenney Marshall, Pastor First Presbyterian Church,
New Rochelle, N. Y.
Washington and Lee University
James Robert Howerton, D.D., Professor of Philosophy
Dickinson College
Eugene Allen Noble, L.H.D., President
Hampden-Sidney College
W. Creighton Campbell, D.D., Member of the Board of Trustees
Williams College
William Rankin, LL.D., Princeton, N. J.
Washington College
James Sylvester Armentrout, B.D., Lancaster, Pa.
Union University
Charles Alexander Richmond, D.D., LL.D., President of Union
College and Chancellor of Union University
Middlebury College
Charles E. Hesselgrave, Ph.D., Pastor of the Stanley
Congregational Church, Chatham, N. J.
Washington and Jefferson College
James D. Moffat, D.D., LL.D., President
Columbia University
Raymond C. Knox, B.D., Chaplain
Dickinson S. Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
University of Pittsburgh
S. B. Linhart, D.D., Secretary
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Amherst College
George Harris, D.D., LL.D., President
Lafayette College
Ethelbert D. Warfield, D.D., LL.D., President
John M. Mecklin, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
New York University
Herman H. Home, Ph.D., Professor of the History of Education
and the History of Philosophy
Pennsylvania College
Philip M. Bikle, Ph.D., Dean
Wabash College
Arthur J. Brown, D.D., New York City
Delaware College
William James Rowan, Ph.D., Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
Marietta College
William T. Wilcox, D.D., Bloomfield, N. J.
Hanover College
John Simonson Howk, D.D., Secretary
Davidson College
Thomas W. Lingle, Ph.D., Professor of Modern Languages
University of Michigan
Walter A. Brooks, D.D., Trenton, N. J.
Westminster College, Pennsylvania
Robert McWatty Russell, D.D., LL.D., President
The College of the City of New York
John H. Finley, Ph.D., LL.D., President
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Lake Forest College
John S. Nollexi, Ph.D., President
Macalester College
William Porter Lee, D.D., Pastor of the Westside Presbyterian
Church, Germantown, Pa.
University of Wooster
Louis Edward Holden, D.D., LL.D., President
Park College
Cleland Boyd McAfee, Ph.D., D.D., Pastor of the Lafayette Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Parsons College
Willis E. Parsons, D.D., President
Bellevue College
Rev. A. J. Dressier, A.B., Princeton, N. J.
Coe College
Edward R. Burkhalter, D.D., LL.D., President of the
Board of Trustees
New Windsor College
James Fraser, Ph.D., D.D., President
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THE PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES
THE FIRST DAY
SUNDAY, MAY FIFTH
ELEVEN A. M.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Doxology
Invocation
The Reverend Sylvester Woodbridge Beach, A.M.
The Pastor of the Church
Hymn
"All people that on earth do dwell"
Reading of the Scriptures
Ephesians iv: 1-16
The Reverend Sylvester Woodbridge Beach, A.M.
Prayer
The Right Reverend Robert P. Mackay, D.D.
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in Canada
Hymn
"The Lord 's my Shepherd, I '11 not want"
Anthem
"Teach me, Lord" (Thomas Attwood)
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
Sermon
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
Stuart Professor of Ethics, Princeton University-
President of the Seminary
Hymn
"How sweet and awful is the place"
The Administration of the Lord's Supper
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
and
The Reverend Sylvester Woodbridge Beach, A.M.
Hymn
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me"
Benediction
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
FOUR P. M.
THE MILLER CHAPEL
Conference for Prayer
Led by the Reverend John Dixon, D.D.
An Associate Secretary of the Board of Home Missions
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Hymn
"I love Thy kingdom, Lord"
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Prayer
The Reverend Eiko J. Groeneveld, D.D.
Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
Butte, Montana
Announcement
"With reference to the tablet
in memory of
The Reverend Professor Charles Augustus Aiken, Ph.D., D.D.
by
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Seminary
Hymn
"For all the saints who from their labors rest"
Beading of the Scriptures
Matthew ix: 35-38
Acts xiii: 1-3
The Reverend John Dixon, D.D.
Address
The Reverend John Dixon, D.D.
Hymn
"The Son of God goes forth to war"
Prayer
The Reverend Maitland Alexander, D.D.
Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hymn
"Who is on the Lord's side?"
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
Prayer
The Reverend James D. Moffat, D.D., LL.D.
President of Washington and Jefferson College
and
The Reverend Samuel McLanahan, A.M.
Princeton
Hymn
"Blest be the tie that binds"
Benediction
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
SEVEN-FORTY-FIVE P. M.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Hymn
1 ' Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear ' '
Invocation
The Reverend Sylvester W oodbridge Beach, A.M.
The Pastor of the Church
Hymn
"Crown Him with many crowns"
Reading of the Scriptures
John i: 1-5; 15-20; 29-51
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
President of Lafayette College
President of the Board of Directors
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Prayer
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
Anthem
"What are these that are arrayed in white robes" (J. Stainer)
Hymn
"My faith looks up to Thee"
Sermon
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
Hymn
' ' Jesus, the very thought of Thee ' '
Prayer
The Reverend Robert Mc Watty Russell, D.D., LL.D.
President of Westminster College, Pennsylvania
Anthem
"Nunc Dimittis" (B. Tours)
Benediction
The Reverend Robert Mc Watty Russell, D.D., LL.D.
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF
THE SECOND DAY
MONDAY, MAY SIXTH
NINE-FIFTEEN A. M.
The Academic Procession formed in the Faculty Room
of Princeton University, Nassau Hall
Kerr Duncan Macmillan, B.D., Marshal
TEN A. M.
ALEXANDER HALL
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
President of Lafayette College
President of the Board of Directors
Presiding
Address of Welcome
The Reverend John Grier Hibben, Ph.D., LL.D.
President of Princeton University
Response
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Board of Directors
Hymn
' ' heavenly Fount of light and love ' '
Reading of the Scriptures
II Timothy ii: 1-26
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Board of Directors
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PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Prayer
The Reverend Henry Eyster Jacobs, D.D., S.T.D., LL.D.
Dean and Chairman of the Faculty
The Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
at Philadelphia
Address to the Graduating Class
and
Distribution of Diplomas
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Board of Directors
Announcements
Fellowships and Prizes
The Reverend Sylvester Woodbridge Beach, A.M.
Secretary of the Board of Directors
Conferring the Degree of Bachelor of Divinity
Address to the Graduating Class
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Seminary
Singing of the Class Hymn
"Onward, Christian Soldiers"
The Graduating Class
Address
THE FUNCTION AND THE GLORY OF THE MINISTRY OF GRACE
The Reverend John Fleming Carson, D.D., LL.D.
Pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America
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Address
THE MAKING OF A MINISTER
The Reverend Russell Cecil, D.D.
Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States
Prayer
The Reverend John Preston Searle, D.D.
President of the Faculty of the Theological Seminary of the
Reformed Church in America at New Brunswick, N. J.
Hymn
"0 Spirit of the living God"
Benediction
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Board of Directors
THREE P. M.
ALEXANDER HALL
Thomas Whitney Synnott, Esquire
Vice-President of the Board of Trustees
Presiding
Hymn
"Our God, our Help in ages past"
Reading of the Scriptures
I Corinthians i: 4-31
The Reverend Professor Caspar Wistar Hodge, Ph.D.
Princeton Theological Seminary
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Prayer
The Reverend Dickinson Sergeant Miller, Ph.D.
Professor of Christian Apologetics
The General Theological Seminary of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, New York City
Address
PRINCETON IN THE "WORK OF THE PASTORATE
The Reverend William Leonard McEwan, D.D.
Pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh
Address
PRINCETON ON THE MISSION FIELD
Robert Elliott Speer, D.D.
A Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Hymn
"Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass"
Address
PRINCETON IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
The Reverend William Hallock Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Greek and New Testament Literature and Exegesis
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Address
PRINCETON IN ITS EARLY ENVIRONMENT AND WORK
Charles Beatty Alexander, LL.D.
New York City
Prayer
The Reverend James Dunlop Paxton, D.D.
Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, Virginia
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Hymn
"Glory to Thee, Lord of Glory, for Thy saints at rest above'
Benediction
The Reverend Professor Caspar Wistar Hodge, Ph.D.
Princeton Theological Seminary
FIVE-THIRTY TO SIX-THIRTY P. M.
Informal Reception at Springdale by the President of
the Seminary and Mrs. Patton
SEVEN P. M.
THE CASINO
Alumni Dinner
The Reverend Joseph Heatly Dulles, A.M.
President of the Alumni Association
Presiding
Grace
The Reverend Daniel Neles Freeland, A.M.
New York City
Of the Class of 1847
After-Dinner Speakers
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Seminary
For the Class of 1862
The Reverend James Smith McDonald, D.D.
Corcoran, California
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For the Class of 1872
The Reverend "William Cooper Rommel, A.M.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
For the Class of 1882
The Reverend Charles Lee, D.D.
Carbondale, Pennsylvania
For the Class of 1892
The Reverend Maitland Alexander, D.D.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
For the Class of 1902
The Reverend "Wilson Thomas Moore Beale, A.M.
Salisbury, Maryland
THE THIRD DAY
TUESDAY, MAY SEVENTH
NINE-FORTY-FIVE A. M.
The Academic Procession formed in the Faculty Room
of Princeton University, Nassau Hall
Kerr Duncan Macmillan, B.D., Marshal
TEN-THIRTY A. M.
ALEXANDER HALL
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Seminary
Presiding
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Hymn
"A mighty Fortress is our God"
Reading of the Scriptures
Ephesians i: 3-23
The Reverend Henry Alexander White, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D.
Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis
Columbia Theological Seminary
Columbia, South Carolina
Prayer
The Reverend William Douglas Mackenzie, D.D., LL.D.
President of Hartford Theological Seminary
Hartford, Connecticut
Address
ON SOME CHUKCH PROBLEMS
The Right Reverend Alexander Stewart, M.A., D.D.
Principal of St. Mary's College and
Primarius Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Address
A SCOTTISH ESTIMATE OF PRINCETON THEOLOGY
The Right Reverend James Wells, M.A., D.D.
Minister of the West Church, Pollokshields, Glasgow
Moderator of the General Assembly of the
United Free Church of Scotland
Hymn
"0 God of Bethel, by whose hand"
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Address
IRISH AND AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANISM
The Right Reverend John Macmillan, B.A., D.D.
Minister of the Cooke Centenary Church, Belfast
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in Ireland
Prayer
The Reverend Charles Fremont Sitterly, Ph.D., S.T.D.
Professor of Biblical Literature and Exegesis of the English Bible
Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey
Hymn
' ' Now thank we all our God ' '
Benediction
The Reverend James D. McCulloch, D.D.
Principal of the Free Church College
Edinburgh
ONE-THIRTY P. M.
THE CASINO
Commemorative Luncheon
The Reverend Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Board of Directors
Presiding
Grace
The Reverend Thomas Reese English, D.D.
Henry Young Professor of Biblical Literature and the
Interpretation of the New Testament
Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia
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Congratulatory Speeches
From the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
The Reverend William Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D.
Stated Clerk of the General Assembly-
American Secretary of the World Presbyterian Alliance
From the Other Presbyterian and Reformed Churches
The Reverend John Crawford Scouller, D.D.
Pastor of the Fourth United Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Moderator of the General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church of North America
From Other Churches
The Right Reverend David Hummell Greer, D.D., S.T.D., LL.D.
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
Diocese of New York
From the Seminaries of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America
The Reverend James Gore King McClure, D.D., LL.D.
President of McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago, Illinois
From the Seminaries of Other Churches
The Reverend Williston Walker, Ph.D., D.D., L.H.D.
Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Yale University Divinity School
New Haven, Connecticut
and
The Reverend Edgar Young Mullins, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky
From Princeton University
The Reverend John Grier Hebben, Ph.D., LL.D.
President of Princeton University
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Response
The Reverend Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Seminary
Benediction
The Reverend James Isaac Good, D.D., LL.D.
Professor of Reformed Church History in the
Central Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio
President of the General Synod of the Reformed Church
in the United States
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SERMONS AND ADDRESSES
PRINCETON SEMINARY AND THE FAITH
SERMON
BY THE REVEEEND FRANCIS LANDEY PATTON, D.D., LL.D.
Stuart Professor of Ethics, Princeton University
President of the Seminary
" Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you
of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write
unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly con-
tend for the faith which was once delivered unto the
saints. ' ' Jude 3.
PRINCETON Theological Seminary opened its doors
a hundred years ago with one professor and three
students— a ratio of instructor to pupils which ought to
satisfy the most exacting demands of modern pedagogy.
Dr. Miller was associated with Dr. Alexander a little later,
and soon after that Dr. Hodge, then a very young man,
began his long career as a member of the teaching staff.
These three men, as Mr. Dulles has well said, determined
the character of Princeton Seminary. We like to think
that the institution has not lost the spirit of fervent
piety into which it was baptized in its infancy, and that
the stamp of religious character which was impressed
upon it at the beginning has not been altogether effaced.
Dr. Alexander was an acute thinker on theological and
philosophical subjects, a man of great sagacity, keen in
his analysis of religious states, and very spiritually
minded. Dr. Miller was a courtly gentleman of elegant
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scholarship and wide reading. He was an industrious
writer and a stalwart defender of the great principles
of Presbyterian doctrine and polity. Dr. Hodge came to
his position with special equipment for his work. He
had enjoyed the advantage of study in Germany, and
was fully abreast of the theological controversies of his
day. He won enduring fame as exegete, controversial-
ist, ecclesiastic and dogmatician ; lived in the service of
the Seminary to a ripe old age, and garnered the wisdom
and experience of his life in his " Systematic Theology".
With these men there was associated later on Dr. Jo-
seph Addison Alexander, a man of rare literary genius
and great linguistic attainments, who served the Semi-
nary with remarkable power and efficiency until the time
of his death. Dr. John Breckinridge was also a profes-
sor in the Seminary for a short time during the early
years of its history, but he left it to enter upon another
form of ministerial labor ; and the same is to be said of
Dr. James W. Alexander, whose distinguished career as
pastor of what is now known as the Fifth Avenue Pres-
byterian Church is one of the brightest pages in the an-
nals of the American pulpit.
Dr. William Henry Green, whom many of us still re-
member, entered upon the work of instruction in the
Seminary when he was quite young, and like Dr. Charles
Hodge filled the full tale of fifty years in the Seminary's
service. He did conspicuous work in the department of
Old Testament Literature, achieved a world-wide repu-
tation as an able supporter of conservative views in re-
gard to Old Testament criticism, and rendered a lasting
service to the church by his defence of the Mosaic au-
thorship of the Pentateuch. Dr. Hodge had as his suc-
cessors two sons who, during the later years of his life,
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acted as his colleagues. Dr. Archibald Alexander Hodge,
a man of less learning than his father, but, as I think, of
more genius, took the chair of Systematic Theology. He
was distinguished by keen metaphysical insight and a
marvelous power of extemporaneous expression. Dr.
Caspar Wistar Hodge, the distinguished successor of
Dr. Addison Alexander, added the work of exegetical
theology to his previous duties as professor of New
Testament Literature. He was a man of refined scholar-
ship, of sane and penetrating judgment, and command-
ing influence. He was an inspiring teacher, and was
singularly reverent in his attitude toward the Scriptures.
Following Dr. Hodge in the chair of New Testament
Literature came Dr. Purves, the pupil succeeding his
teacher as Dr. Hodge had succeeded his. Dr. Purves,
after several years of service in the Seminary, resigned
his position to take the same pulpit in New York which
Dr. James W. Alexander had taken years before. Dr.
Purves was one of those rare men who combine in equal
degree the qualities of an exact scholar and a popular
preacher.
Dr. Moffat, a man of fine classical scholarship, suc-
ceeded Dr. Miller in the department of Church History.
Coming to his position from the chair of Greek in the
College of New Jersey, it was not to be expected that he
would feel a deep interest in the discussion of theological
subtleties. He preferred to look at church history on its
literary side ; and he accordingly presented the story of
the church's life in the form of flowing and interesting
narrative. Dr. Aiken served the Seminary with unfail-
ing ability and fidelity during the twenty years of his
life among us, bringing to the work of his chair the re-
sources of a broad and exact scholarship and, though la-
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boring under the great disadvantage of growing enfee-
blement during the later years of his life, is still remem-
bered as one who with great patience and self-sacrifice
devoted himself to the defence of the gospel.
Dr. McGill was a professor in the Seminary as far
back as when I was a student here : a man of great sub-
tlety of thought, mighty in the Scriptures, singularly
copious and felicitous in prayer, an exceptionally fine
teacher of homiletics and an able defender of the Pres-
byterian form of church government, though I confess
that in his zeal for a jure divino polity he sometimes
seemed to me to put a burden upon certain proof texts
greater than they were able to bear. Dr. Paxton suc-
ceeded Dr. McGill, bringing with him the ripe experi-
ences of large pastorates in Pittsburgh and New York,
particularly in that historic church in the latter city
whose members— I refer especially to the Lenox family
—have done so much for this Seminary and for our
Church at large. He was no novice in the department of
Homiletics, for he had lectured on this subject before,
both in Pittsburgh and New York; and the art of
preaching had enlisted his deepest interest during his
entire ministry.
These men of course were not all alike; but they all
spoke the same thing and there were no divisions among
them. There may be some advantage in giving students
object lessons in independent thinking by allowing them
to hear the opinions of one professor flatly contradicted
by the teaching of another professor in an adjoining
classroom. But this advantage, whatever it be, is in my
humble judgment more than counterbalanced by the
advantage of institutional solidarity which has been so
conspicuously manifested in the history of Princeton
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Theological Seminary. Some of the men to whom I have
referred brought with them the ripe results of a long ex-
perience in the pastorate. This is a matter for which we
should be profoundly grateful. There should always be in
the Seminary— as there are today, and never in larger
proportion than today— a number of men who when they
speak to students in regard to the work upon which they
are about to enter can speak out of an affluent minis-
terial experience. But of course it would hardly do to
say that every professor in a theological seminary
should first of all go through the apprenticeship of pas-
toral experience. We should at least find it difficult to
adjust such a view to the attitude we have taken toward
some of the most distinguished men who have adorned
the chairs of this Seminary. Dr. Charles Hodge never
had a pastorate so far as my knowledge goes. Dr. Addi-
son Alexander was never a pastor. Dr. Green I believe
was a pastor for a short time, but I do not suppose that
his experience in that capacity was of much help to him
as a student of Old Testament criticism. Dr. Caspar
Wistar Hodge was a pastor for a few years, but I imag-
ine that this can be regarded as a negligible element in
his equipment for the chair of New Testament Litera-
ture. It is safe to say that a man can no longer enter
upon a professorship that calls for exact scholarship and
wide reading after long service in the pastorate and
hope to render the kind and degree of service that is ex-
pected of a professor in these days. The reason is obvi-
ous. The functions of the pastor and of the professor
have been so differentiated in these latter years that the
minister of a modern church has no time for the acquisi-
tion of highly specialized learning, and the work of a
professorship, at least in some of the departments of the
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theological curriculum, involves such exact knowledge
and wide reading that the best results can be hoped for
only in one who enters early in life upon the duties of his
chair and gives his undivided interest to them.
The theological attitude of Princeton Theological
Seminary is, I think, pretty well understood: but lest
there should be any misapprehension as to what that at-
titude is, I wish to say a word, even at the risk of taxing
your patience somewhat, in regard to our theological
position. I do not for a moment deny that there may be
a place in the world for an institution the professors of
which work in the unhampered exercise of their judg-
ment in the search for theological truth ; but in the na-
ture of the case the seminary which is ecclesiastical in
its origin and relationships and which does its work un-
der the rubric of confessional obligations cannot have
that sort of freedom. Princeton Theological Seminary,
as you all know, is the creature of the Presbyterian Gen-
eral Assembly, and is committed by the terms of its con-
stitution to the propagation and defence of the Re-
formed Theology. Therefore you need not be surprised
when told that during the hundred years of its history
it has been a conservative institution. Now, I am not
ashamed of being conservative on any subject, and least
of all have I any misgivings in regard to conservatism
in theology ; but then there are several kinds of conser-
vatism, and if you will bear with me I will say a word
or two in regard to some of these forms of conservatism.
There is, for example, what I may call the conserva-
tism of ignorance. I do not use the expression in any
disparaging sense; and, what is more, I have great re-
spect for conservatism of the kind I have mentioned.
We cannot well begin our work in any department with-
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out some assumptions. Just what these assumptions
shall be will depend upon circumstances. You do not
expect a political economist, for example, to preface his
lectures with a theory of the universe, though some the-
ory of the universe must underlie what he has to say.
It may therefore very easily happen that a man who
starts with the assumption that the Bible is the word of
God may do very valuable work as an expounder of the
Bible though he know but little of the arguments where-
with his assumption is discredited. If in our chairs of
historical criticism our object is so to discuss the ques-
tions regarding the authorship of the books of the New
Testament that our students may thereby be the more
confident of their position as to the divine authority of
the New Testament, who shall say that those who with-
out any minute acquaintance with contrary positions al-
ready believe in that authority may not do a most impor-
tant work in the presentation of the truths of Scripture
to their congregations? If a man should say to me, "I
take the Bible as the word of God. This is my great as-
sumption; and with such fluency of speech and power
of exposition as have been given to me, I preach it to the
world", I for my part am ready to say that he is fulfill-
ing a most important function. If our object in our
chairs of historical criticism is to lead men to a sure
knowledge that the Bible is God's word, and there are
men who have already got there without being led there,
and they with this supreme unchallenged assumption
are ready to go out and preach the word, then in God's
name let them go and may God bless them ! I have noth-
ing to say against this sort of conservatism, but I ought
to say at the same time that this is not the type of con-
servatism which we are seeking to illustrate here.
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Then again there is the conservatism of the advocate.
A man, that is to say, may feel that he holds a brief for
a certain opinion or set of opinions and that he is called
upon to defend these opinions with a certain amount of
enthusiasm. The objection will immediately be made
that he is not free in his search for truth, that he is
handicapped by having his conclusions made for him in
advance, and that he knows when he begins his inquiry
just what is to be looked for at the end of the road.
There is a certain amount of force in this criticism
which I do not overlook, though I think that far too
much is made of it. But we must be careful, in acknow-
ledging the element of justice in the criticism, not to fall
into the very common mistake of supposing that a man's
position as an advocate operates to the prejudice of his
full knowledge of the facts. Biassed he may be, but
ignorant he need not be. When the muniments of title
are assailed, it is likely that the defendant's counsel
knows the strength of his opponent's case quite as well
as he does himself. He is none the less possessed of legal
knowledge and forensic skill because he has espoused a
cause and advocates it with the warmth of a partisan.
He may not be as dispassionate as the judge, but he
ought to know quite as well as the judge the full value of
the facts. It is quite possible, however, that an apolo-
gete may come to feel that he has espoused a cause that
he cannot honestly defend; and under these circum-
stances, if he is an honest man, he will throw down his
brief and retire from the case. I am not ashamed to
admit that our Princeton theologians have to a great
extent been advocates. They have felt that their func-
tion was forensic as well as didactic. They have spoken
and written in the warm glow of enthusiasm. They have
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used well the weapons of controversy, and they have
given expression to their thoughts through the copious
vocabulary of invective, ridicule and sarcasm, and in the
use of the hot rhetoric of telling phrase and pungent ar-
gument. I confess that I miss this in the theological dis-
cussions of today, and I sometimes think that we lose
in force what we gain in politeness.
There is, however, a third type of conservatism ; and
that is the conservatism of calm scientific conviction.
Now this scientific attitude toward open questions in
theology is more suited to the psychological climate in
which we live today. Men feel that epithets are not ar-
guments, and that you can get better and more perma-
nent results through a calm statement of the facts than
you can through fine writing and florid rhetoric. I sym-
pathize with this view very heartily. And still I miss
the enthusiasm of the old controversies too ; and I would
like to remind the younger theologians of the fact that
they are defenders as well as investigators. Princeton
Seminary, it is true, has taken a leading place in theo-
logical controversy; but she has shown herself capable
also of placid scientific inquiry, and we have a good il-
lustration of both the polemic and the scientific conser-
vatism of the Seminary in the controversial articles of
Dr. Charles Hodge on the one hand and in his " Sys-
tematic Theology" on the other.
Let us remember, then, that Princeton Seminary by
its constitution is committed to that body of divinity
known as the Augustinian or Calvinistic Theology. This
theology presupposes of course the great truths of Natu-
ral Theology and the divine authority of the Bible. The
whole area of controversial theology was therefore prop-
erly within the purview of the Princeton theologians.
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Still the great debates were on grounds which presup-
posed the theological prolegomena to which I have just
referred. In the early days of the Seminary's life phil-
osophy did not enter largely into the reading of a min-
ister. In fact philosophy was very little read by any-
body. Mr. Riley, in his book on American Philosophy,
brings together the evidence of philosophical activity in
this country during the eighteenth and early part of the
nineteenth century, but it makes a poor showing. There
was some idealism in New Haven ; Priestley had a few
followers in Pennsylvania ; and there was some literary
and a somewhat amateurish pantheism in New England :
but philosophy was not a large factor in our theology;
and in our colleges the Scottish philosophy of common
sense was what was generally taught. It is likewise true
that acute interest in the questions of the Higher Criti-
cism came at a later date. We were slow to recognize
the immigration of German thought as having any im-
portant bearing upon our theological life. Accordingly
theological controversy was largely of an interdenomi-
national sort. We discussed Presbyterianism versus
Prelacy ; and infant baptism in opposition to those who
denied its Scriptural warrant. We had debates on the
Trinity and the Divinity of Christ. We fought over
again the battle between Calvinism and Arminianism;
and against the sects that rose up to contradict it, we
defended the traditional doctrine of future retribution.
These discussions for the most part proceeded upon exe-
getical grounds, each side maintaining that its position
was the doctrine of the Bible, and neither disputing that
the Bible was authoritative. In all these discussions
Princeton Seminary bore an honorable part and ren-
dered important service.
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There was also in the family of Churches holding the
Reformed Theology an intra- Calvinistic development.
Under the influence of the New England theologians,
such as Emmons, Hopkins, Edwards, Taylor and Park,
there grew up certain modifications of the Calvinistic
system which constitute a very important chapter in the
history of opinion in America. I always had great re-
spect for the New England theologians. I used to read
them, and have never ceased to admire them, and by that
I mean that I still cherish the admiring recollection I
have of them. They were original, they were indepen-
dent. These discussions were largely ethico-metaphysi-
cal. They dwelt on the problem of God's relation to the
world, and of the human will. They entered with great
minuteness of discrimination into anthropological in-
quiries respecting original sin and the distinction be-
tween natural and moral inability. Our friends in New
England did a great work, and as I have already inti-
mated opened a splendid chapter in the history of
opinion. They built their tabernacle with strict regard
to the plans and specifications of their architects. We
have nothing but admiration for the fine lines of the
structure, but we somehow feel that they departed some-
what from the pattern shown us in the mount.
• Now Princeton Seminary, it should be said, never con-
tributed anything to these modifications of the Calvinis-
tic system. She went on defending the traditions of the
Reformed Theology. You may say she was not original :
perhaps so, but then, neither was she provincial. She
had no oddities of manner, no shibboleths, no pet
phrases, no theological labels, no trademark. She sim-
ply taught the old Calvinistic Theology without modifi-
cation: and she made obstinate resistance to the modi-
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fications proposed elsewhere, as being in their logical
results subversive of the Reformed faith. There has
been a New Haven theology and an Andover theology;
but there never was a distinctively Princeton theology.
Princeton's boast, if she have reason to boast at all, is
her unswerving fidelity to the theology of the Reforma-
tion. Semper eadem is a motto that would well befit her.
The theological position of Princeton Seminary is ex-
actly the same today that it was a hundred years ago.
This may seem like a strange statement to make about a
living institution in this very progressive age. We have
of course put a new interpretation on the " days" of
Genesis ; and in other particulars have used the results
of science to help us in the interpretation of the Scrip-
tures. I am speaking now, however, of the distinctive
dogmatic content of the Reformed Theology. We are in
possession of new material for studying the historical
problems connected with the origin and growth of Bibli-
cal Literature. We have a better text of the New Testa-
ment and a better understanding of the meaning of the
New Testament than were possessed by those to whom
this Seminary owes the beginnings of its life. But have
any of these improvements made necessary any modifi-
cation of our belief as to the authority of Scripture or
as to the dogmatic content of the Scripture ? I am not
aware of any such necessity. Why then should our doc-
trinal position undergo a change? -I can think of several
things that might be said in reply to this question, but I
do not feel that any of them should influence us very
materially. "Do you mean to tell us"— I can imagine
some one saying— "that you still adhere to that old the-
ology of the Reformers which men in these days have so
generally abandoned?" I am not aware, to begin with,
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that it is so generally abandoned. But if it were, that
would not prove it to be untrue. It would only prove
that it is not fashionable. Professor James remarks
somewhere in one of his later books that ' ' souls are not
fashionable". Some of us nevertheless go on believing
in " souls", hoping that by and by there will be a reac-
tion, and that some of our philosophical friends will re-
consider their hasty attitude toward the spiritual side of
our nature. This is the way we feel toward the old the-
ology. It may come into fashion again.
"Has not modern philosophy made it difficult, if not
impossible, to maintain the positions of the old theol-
ogy?" some one else may ask. I am not aware of that
state of things. I know that certain forms of philosoph-
ical opinion are incompatible with dogmatic Christian-
ity, but I do not know of any necessity for adopting
those forms of philosophical opinion. "Can you con-
tinue to hold", one may ask, "the numerical distinction
between God and the world in view of the teaching of
contemporary metaphysic % ' ' Quite as well, I answer, as
we could when Spinoza identified natura naturans and
natura naturata. Not all philosophers are pantheists, and
if they were, I should not feel under obligation to accept
their teaching. I know that psychology is invading the
field of theology, and some of its representatives are try-
ing to explain "conversion" by expressing the change
involved in it in the terms of a natural process. My
judgment is that they have met with very indifferent
success in their endeavor to desupernaturalize conver-
sion : but it interests me to notice that just now when the
ministers seem disposed to stop talking about conversion
the psychologists are turning their attention to it.
Still again it may be said that the Christian conscious-
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ness, if it has not changed the meaning of the great doc-
trines of Christianity, has given us a new scale of values
in regard to them. But that is only on the assumption
that the so-called Christian consciousness has a right to
supplement the Scriptures or contradict their obvious
meaning. If there is any value at all in the argument
based on the Christian consciousness, it is to the effect
that the New Testament is itself only an expression of the
religious consciousness of the period in which it was writ-
ten and may therefore be set aside by the Christian con-
sciousness of today whenever the religious experiences
of the two periods do not coincide. I should like to know,
however, by what process we could secure a consensus of
opinion that might be taken as an expression of the re-
ligious consciousness of today, and I should like to
know, moreover, what authority it would possess if we
had it. What basis should we have for religious certi-
tude, once we conceded that our only reason for faith is
found in the religious consciousness, and that as the re-
ligious consciousness of yesterday is set aside by the re-
ligious consciousness of today, so also the religious con-
sciousness of today may be contradicted by the religious
consciousness of tomorrow ?
Once more our objector may say that it is not a differ-
ence in the interpretation of the Scripture but a differ-
ence of attitude toward the Scripture which makes the
old theology unpalatable to the modern mind. "Our
change of belief", he would say, "is not due to exegesis
or historical criticism. Grammar and logic have had
little to do with our changed theological position. We
reverence the writings— say those of Paul— but we do
not read them literally; we see in their concrete state-
ments the embodiment of great transcendental ideas."
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This is an implied admission that if we do read Paul lit-
erally it is hard to escape the conclusion that Paul be-
lieved what the Christian world has always supposed
that he believed. And the issue I am convinced is really
whether we shall go on believing in what Paul teaches
or give him up altogether. I cannot attach much value
to what I have just referred to as a new attitude toward
Paul and the other writers of the New Testament. And
yet I would not be wilfully blind to a certain element of
truth that may underlie this view of the matter. For I
am not prepared to say that the language of the New
Testament, with its imagery borrowed from the world of
sense, adequately expresses all that it was intended to
convey. I am not prepared to say that there are not
some great ideas pertaining to the world of spiritual
values which Paul's language borrowed from the world
of fact but imperfectly adumbrated. Be that as it may,
however, it is still true that when we impute to Paul a
meaning which in all probability had never entered his
mind, and deny to his words the meaning that he evi-
dently meant them to have, we are handling the word of
God deceitfully : and whether we do so in the icy speech
of Hegelian philosophy after the style of Edward Caird
in his Gifford Lectures, or in the fervid words of a vague
and almost pietistic mysticism after the manner of Fa-
ther Tyrrell in his "Christianity at the Crossroads"
matters not. In either case we are reading into the New
Testament what the writers of the New Testament never
intended. There is then but one honest course to follow :
either give up the Scriptures as no longer having au-
thority, or take them at their face value and in their
plain and obvious meaning.
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But while I say that the theological position of
Princeton Seminary has remained unchanged I am very
free to admit that the issues of today are different from
those of a former generation. The Calvinistic theology
is a view of the world which takes account of the whole
field of human conduct. All in fact that pertains to be-
ing, duty and destiny falls within its purview. Believ-
ing in the existence of a personal God we feel bound to
interpret all events in the terms and under the great cat-
egory of the divine purpose. If we believe in the incar-
nation we must believe that it was included in that pur-
pose. If we believe that salvation is through faith, it is
very hard to escape the conviction that both the salva-
tion and the faith which is instrumental to it are to be
included in that purpose.
All problems of ethics, all questions of duty, all phases
of individual and social morality are therefore legiti-
mately within the sphere of the Calvinistic theology. All
the moral sciences and all the speculations of philoso-
phers in regard to human conduct must come under the
view of him who looks upon conduct as related to a su-
preme norm of Right and an ideal conception of the
Good. In the nature of the case, therefore, we must oc-
cupy a great deal of territory in common with our breth-
ren in other communions. With our friends in the Ro-
man Catholic Church we protest against all forms of
naturalistic and pantheistic philosophy; and we share
with them the common heritage of the Christian world
as it is embodied in the Nicene and Chalcedonian theol-
ogy. With our brethren in the Lutheran, Anglican and
Arminian communions we hold to the great principles
of Protestantism and repudiate the corruptions of doc-
trine which have crept into the Church of Rome. And
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more than that, the things wherein we agree with our
brethren of other Christian communions are more im-
portant than those in which we differ. We can therefore
enter cordially into sympathetic relation with the irenic
spirit which is so characteristic of our times, and that
without ignoring or pushing into the background the dis-
tinguishing features of the Reformed Theology. Those
distinguishing features I need not say concern the posi-
tion of the Reformed Theology in regard to the divine
purpose and the doctrines of grace in relation to that
purpose. I know you will understand me when I say that
the points which distinguish our theology are not neces-
sarily those of greatest controversial importance at the
present day. Intrinsically they are as important as they
ever were, but relatively they are of less importance. ' In
other words, there has been a subsidence of interest in
regard to some questions due largely to the emergence of
acute controversial interest in other and more funda-
mental issues. Men are not discussing the question re-
garding the subjects or the mode of baptism. The day
of hot controversy between Calvinists and Arminians
has passed. Men are not writing treatises on theories of
inspiration. They are not discussing the question of the
Adamic relationship or of this, that and the other view
of the atonement. The reason is not that these questions
are of no importance or of little importance— and I
think there is far too much indifference to their signifi-
cance—but that the thought of the theological world has
been occupied in recent years and is still occupied with
questions which bear more radically upon the truth and
value of historic Christianity.
Into the discussion of these questions I do not propose
to enter. But I am safe in saying that the emphasis of
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contemporary debate is placed upon questions that are in
their nature philosophical and historical. If the Bible is
a divine revelation there is practically no difficulty in
ascertaining the dogmatic content of Christianity. But is
it % That is the fundamental question with which Christian
theologians are called to deal. That question involves a
number of historical inquiries in regard to the origin of
the books that constitute the Bible. These inquiries
again are in many cases conditioned by the theory of the
universe which constitutes the philosophical presuppo-
sition of those who enter upon historical investigation.
I am far from saying that all who accept the results of
negative criticism are advocates of a naturalistic or pan-
theistic view of the world. But it is quite certain that,
for the man who holds an antisupernaturalistic philoso-
phy, a supernaturalistic theology is impossible. Nor is
it too much to say that antisupernaturalistic bias has
been the determining influence in much of the historical
criticism of the last century. It would be idle to say, as
some perhaps may say, that we can afford to be indiffer-
ent to the questions mooted in philosophy and history,
since our religion is one that is rooted in a personal rela-
tion to Jesus and makes no demand upon us for meta-
physical subtlety or historical erudition: for the value
that we attach to our personal relation to Jesus must
depend upon the place which Jesus occupies in the scale
of being, and that precisely is the question which is un-
der discussion at the present day. We are being made
familiar every day with the effect of a naturalistic con-
struction of the phenomena of the world upon the atti-
tude which men assume toward Jesus. There are, for
example, those who think that Jesus was a normal man,
pure-minded and the teacher of an exalted type of mo-
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rality, who was cut off in the beginning of His days, but
not before He became the founder of the Christian re-
ligion. They look upon the supernatural elements of
His life as the additions of a later generation of His fol-
lowers who fitted to Him the prophecies of the Old Tes-
tament and imputed to Him the supernatural elements
regarding His birth and resurrection which we find in
the Gospels. Some of those who take this view of Jesus
are very much interested in what they call the creed of
Jesus— that is, in what Jesus believed. I can understand
that there may be some intellectual interest in discover-
ing what Jesus believed, just as there is in finding out
what Confucius or Plato believed. But I cannot attach
much importance to it. If Jesus was a human being
like the rest of us and His range of vision was limited to
His times, I fail to see any great advantage in knowing
what He believed. He did not know the Copernican the-
ory of astronomy ; He had no knowledge of the doctrine
of evolution and therefore had not seen how that doc-
trine has affected the entire philosophy of conduct.
This human being, however, men are willing to accept
as embodying their ethical ideal : and I am safe in saying
that with some people Christianity consists in regarding
Jesus as an ethical ideal. Let us give a moment's
thought to this view of Christianity. It is quite clear
that if Jesus is simply an ideal man we need no faith in
God as the presupposition of our attachment to Jesus.
An atheist may be a good father and a public-spirited
citizen; he may admire the character of Jesus and be
willing to join a society membership in which consists
simply in a promise to live according to the teachings of
Jesus : atheistic Christianity is therefore quite a possi-
bility and if by and by we have an organization of athe-
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istic Christians we need not evince any surprise. But
that is not all ; for if Jesus is simply an exponent of ideal
morality, there would seem to be no need of the historic
Jesus. It is not the man Jesus but the ideal embodied in
Him that is of value ; and all efforts to realize that ideal
in our own lives will proceed upon the basis that it cor-
responds to the judgments of moral value of which we
find ourselves in possession. No great harm would fol-
low, therefore, if we lost the historic Jesus altogether ;
as lose Him we are very likely to do if we follow the nat-
uralistic methods of historical criticism to their logical
results.
It is very interesting to watch the efforts of critical
thinkers to escape from the obvious supernaturalism im-
puted to Jesus in the Gospels. They fall into hopeless
difficulties. Those, for example, who regard Jesus as an
ideal teacher are confronted by the eschatologists who
say that Jesus was primarily not a teacher at all, but that
the motive of His ministry was to preach the near ap-
proach of the end of the present social order and the
setting up of the Kingdom of God. They hold that He
shared the eschatological opinions current in later Juda-
ism, and that He believed Himself to be the Son of Man
who, in a short time, was to come again in the clouds of
heaven, in power and great glory. His ethics were no
ideal scheme of human conduct but were of an interi-
mistic character, intended to serve the purpose of the
short interval between His first and His second appear-
ing, their alleged defects making them inadequate as a
permanent norm of conduct in the existing socio-political
order, as obviously also in that condition of things when
men neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as
the angels in heaven.
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If the Bible is to be interpreted on a naturalistic basis,
and it is merely a human Jesus who is presented to us in
the Gospels, there is great plausibility in this view. How
the eschatological and the ethical conceptions of the life
of Jesus are to be harmonized, it is hard to say. But we
can hardly be expected to feel much interest in a Jewish
visionary who succeeded in convincing a few followers
that He was the Son of Man who was within the space of
a single generation to bring about the end of the present
order of things and set up the Kingdom of God. And
whatever be the genetic relation of present Christianity
to the eschatological teachings of Jesus, one can not help
feeling that a great strain is put upon human belief when
we are taught that the world-conquering religion of
Christ had its origin in the deluded judgment of a Jewish
enthusiast respecting the end of the world. If the view
which we are considering is correct, we are left to wonder
how Christianity survived the disappointments of the
primitive believers and how the followers of Jesus main-
tained their faith in the second coming by successive
postponements of the event. We wonder that a religion
can still call itself by the name of Jesus after it has given
up the idea to which He consecrated His life. Those who
put a naturalistic interpretation upon the eschatological
feature in the teaching of Jesus and who, at the same
time, regard this as the leading feature of His ministry
are fond of showing that it has undergone changes of
interpretation until now, in the minds of some, it has
vanished away. The parousia, looked for as imminent
at first, has come to be regarded as indefinitely post-
poned; or it has been exchanged for the problem of post
mortem destiny ; and this, in turn, is giving way in some
quarters to a doctrine of the Kingdom of God synony-
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mous with social regeneration and the uplift of society.
So the eschatological and the ethical conceptions of a
merely human Jesus meet at last on common ground,
and Christianity resolves itself into an effort for the
spread of good-will among men. The success of Jesus,
in other words, is the victory of a social programme
against which the life of Jesus was, in a certain sense,
a protest.
I can well understand that men will hesitate to think
that the growth of Christianity has been adequately ex-
plained by such a view of Jesus. Men may be easily
forgiven for finding Jesus too uninteresting to be the
subject of much consideration in these later days. When,
therefore, still in quest of an adequate cause for the great
religious phenomenon which we call Christianity, some
turn to Paul and find in his strong supernaturalism, his
wide world- view, his faith in the resurrection of Jesus
and the atonement, his belief in the doctrine of sin, and
his philosophy of salvation, the real secret of victorious
Christianity, I do not wonder. It is true that Paul's
theology was supernatural through and through, but it
was not the superficial supernaturalism of a visionary
looking for the speedy end of the world. It was a super-
naturalism that made its appeal to what Paul believed
to be accredited facts and, at all events, it did not belie
its claims by building them upon a confessed historical
failure.
But the kaleidoscope of criticism is capable of still
another twist. Liberal Christians who are satisfied to
find in a human Jesus, possessed of unusual ethical in-
sight, a sufficient explanation of Christianity must
reckon now with a more radical school of thinkers.
When it was the fashion to reject most of the Pauline
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writings and put the Gospels down into the second cen-
tury, it was not difficult to suppose that the supernatural-
ism which envelopes the life of Jesus was a matter of
comparatively slow growth. But with Paul's writings
rehabilitated and the Synoptic Gospels, particularly the
Gospel of Mark, forced back to a period in all probability
prior to the capture of Jerusalem, it is not so easy to place
a mythical interpretation upon the Gospels or to regard
the miraculous features of the life of Jesus as the harm-
less exaggerations of admiring disciples or the idealized
representations of a later generation of Christian be-
lievers. So deeply embedded is the supernaturalism of
Jesus in the earliest records of Christianity that we must
accept this supernaturalism as orthodox Christians have
always accepted it, or we must construct a pre-Christian
Jesus out of the eschatological and apocalyptic literature
of the period covered by a century or more before the
Christian era. In other words, according to the radical
school of which I am now speaking the historical Jesus
never existed. To the liberal Christians, they say, in
effect, "Give up belief in the historical Jesus altogether,
or else accept the supernaturalism with which the earliest
Christian records invest Him."
I do not mind having these men fall out and quarrel
among themselves ; I like to read the biting sarcasm with
which they attack one another, because I feel that when
they fall out the old faith may come into its own. ■ But
the position which they have brought us to is this : you
can not get the supernatural elements out of the earliest
records of the life of Christ, and you are compelled either
to seek the origin of the Gospel portraiture of Jesus in a
pre-Christian myth or to stand by the simple, plain nar-
rative of the supernatural as it lies on the face of the
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Gospels themselves. Clearly, then, the issue is sharp be-
tween a natural human Jesus and the ever-living and
incarnate Jesus, between a Christianity that is super-
natural in its inception and a Christianity that can be
explained by a system of natural causation.'
When, however, you have explained Christianity on
the basis of natural causation and eliminated the super-
natural, it is a religion for this world and it has no refer-
ence to a world to come. You can make Jesus what you
like, and say, if you please, that He is a prototype of the
modern socialist; but whatever you say, this remains—
He and His methods have nothing whatever to do with
anything outside the boundaries of this earthly life.
Abolish poverty if you can, but you can not abolish death.
Give us pure food and better sanitation, equalize the
luxuries of happiness in as large a measure as you can
—it makes no difference: it is but a little time until the
rich man will leave his plenty and the poor man will
leave his want ; death will come alike to both, and to nei-
ther has the gospel a word to say with respect to eternal
life.
It must be remembered, however, that many who are
unable to accept the full account of miraculous Chris-
tianity given us in the Gospels are yet far from denying
that there are unescapable elements of supernaturalism
in Jesus. Whatever doubts they may have in regard
to the Virgin birth or the story of our Lord's resurrec-
tion, they are impressed with His unique personality;
they feel that He is the fullest revelation of God; and
that for the purposes of their religious nature He is to
them as if He were God. Moreover, they make a great
deal of the Messianic consciousness of Jesus. I can not
help feeling, however, that the argument for the super-
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natural element in Jesus, based upon the reports of His
subjective states given us by the evangelists, is but a poor
substitute for the objective supernatural facts which are
presented to us in the Gospels, and that when faith in
these objective facts is weakened, men will be disposed to
account for those subjective states which go by the name
of the Messianic consciousness by regarding them as the
offspring of an unbalanced mind. It is so easy appar-
ently for some men to pay flattering compliments to
Jesus after they have discredited the facts which justify
them. The truth is that non-miraculous Christianity is
not alluring. Men are slow to give up the traditional
supernaturalism of the gospel story. We honour the
faith and religious fervour which still retains a mini-
mum of the traditional doctrine regarding the Divinity
of Jesus, even though it be at the expense of a rigid logic,
and though it do more credit to the religious feelings
than to the intellect. But, nevertheless, we feel prompted
to say, "You have discarded the great supernatural facts
of the life of Jesus ; you have stripped Him of the insig-
nia of divine royalty; what boots it now that you pin
upon His breast the gaudy decorations of a minimizing
theology?" It seems impossible to compromise between
the naturalistic and the supernaturalistic view of Jesus.
If we give up the account of His divine mission as the
evangelists present it, then we must conclude that no
authoritative divine message has ever reached us and we
are no better off than men were in the days of the Greek
philosophy. We have had Platonists and Aristotelians,
Stoics and Epicureans, idealists and materialists; we
have had agnostics in abundance from Protagoras down
to our own times. But they brought no message from the
other world, and none since then has come to us. We
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are as ignorant as they were in regard to the great prob-
lem of destiny. The hypothesis of a merely human Jesus
makes Christianity a moral philosophy and kills its claim
to be a message from God. Think of what this means
to us. How we have boasted of Christianity ! How we
have looked upon it as the only ark of safety! How
we have urged men the world over to take refuge in
it and have God shut them- in! This proud ship of
Christianity ! we have freighted her with all our hopes
and we have embarked in her the fortunes of our souls.
She has plowed the ocean this well-nigh two thousand
years ; she has weathered the storms of persecution ; she
has sailed through the fogs of superstition ; she has en-
countered the collisions of philosophy; she has been
swept from stem to stern by great waves of scepticism ;
but in spite of it all, we have paced her decks with a sense
of unwavering security ; we have felt sure that no wind
could harm her, no sea could swamp her, no obstacle arise
to check her onward way, until, at last, in an unhappy
moment she struck the iceberg of historical criticism,
and down she went to a fathomless grave.
Are you ready to take that view of Christianity 1 Oh !
you who think perhaps that a theological seminary is a
place where men spin gossamer webs of metaphysical di-
vinity, get heated in controversy over the dating of a few
books, and discuss the relative merits of various theories
of the atonement, I want you to understand what the real
issue is ; and when Mr. Love joy would have us break the
entangling alliance of religion and history, I want to
know whether you are ready to have that alliance broken.
Do you realize the situation? Do you hear with calm
complacency and unconcern the order that is given to
leave the proud ship of Christianity, and lower the boats
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of philosophy % Are you ready to sit in your little dory
of philosophy and, under an unlighted sky, look out over
the waste of black water and hope that somehow, some-
where or somewhen you will drift to some shore of happy
destiny % Is that your position % You have cut loose from
history, but you can not cut loose from reason. What
are your prospects % You are sure of your own selfhood.
You have satisfied yourself that mechanism can not ex-
plain the world. Some will tell you of a pluralistic uni-
verse of separate souls bound together by no common
tie. Some will tell you that our separate selfhoods are
only momentary manifestations of an infinite self ; and
some again will tell you that there is a numerical distinc-
tion between God and the finite spirits which He has
created. You will argue, and you will do well to do so,
that the truths of reason point unmistakably to God.
You will say that these judgments of worth and value
need God to give them meaning. Men will tell you that
the religions of the world— Christianity among them—
are simply separate modes of God's manifestation of
Himself. You have ideals that you say ought to be real-
ized and which are index fingers pointing like prophecies
to a world to come. You call this man good, and this man
bad ; this man, you say, is brave and that man a coward.
What do you mean ? You look forward to the fulfillment
of your ideals ; but look back, look down : where did you
get these ideals ? They are but nature 's way in the broad
process of change which has adjusted you to an environ-
ment and which makes it possible for you to live. You
are the victims of a wholesale deception. A gigantic im-
posture has been practised upon mankind in order that
nature might secure to herself the perpetuating of the
life of humanity. What are you going to say % Are you
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going to say that you have no interest in philosophy and
that these things do not concern you? You repeat, "I
don't care what philosophers may say, I believe in his-
torical Christianity. ' ' If you do, have you no interest in
other people ? Do you not desire to help them, to prevent
them from making shipwreck of their own hopes ? Have
you no interest in showing them that the philosophy
which robs the world of Christ and religion of God, which
puts the world of ideals under the imperious sway of
meaningless fact, which makes the word "is" the be all
and end all of existence and has no place for ethical norms
and moral obligation, is only one way of explaining the
facts of the universe ; and that there is another way, a
better way, a safer way, a more logical way of construing
the same facts, which will rehabilitate us in our old faith
in God and in Jesus Christ whom He has sent; will
save us from the disappointment that speaks in the bit-
terness of regret and says, "We hoped that it was he who
should redeem Israel"; and from the depths of the de-
spairing pessimism which says, "They have taken away
my Lord and I know not where they have laid him"?
Would you not like to help them? My friends, that is
what this Seminary is for. Will you help us ? Will you
give us books, will you give us buildings, will you give us
professors, will you give us men with special learning
and peculiar aptitude to enlist in the greatest work the
world can do? Will you do it? Will the great, rich
Presbyterian Church say "No" to Princeton Seminary
which is ready to do what needs to be done, and withhold
from her the sinews of war? I put this upon the con-
science of the great Church that I am privileged to serve.
And, my colleagues, my friends, my brothers, what are
we for ? What can we do in the face of what some regard
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as an appalling disaster ? I think we can do something.
I think we can rally the crew and cheer them up ; I think
we can stop a panic among the passengers and let them
know that the ship is safe. I think that there are some
of us— and I speak the more confidently because I am
not included in the number— there are some of us who
have a right to speak in the expression of expert opinion
and declare with the authority of ample knowledge that
no harm has come to the ship, but that she will go pros-
perously on. I admit there are two ways of looking at
theological study. There is a scientific way— and there
is a large place for it— where we regard men of every
shade of opinion as with us engaged in the same scien-
tific pursuit, dispassionately seeking to get the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth. There is a place
for philosophic calm and the placidities of scientific
inquiry. But there is another view. These men who are
arrayed against us are the King's enemies, and we who
hold commissions as officers in his army owe it to that
commission that we draw sword in defence of the King's
dominions.
" Soldiers of Christ, arise!
And gird your armor on,
Strong in the strength which God supplies
Through His Eternal Son."
And you, my friends, who are about to go out after the
period of training in this Theological Seminary, bear
with me if I say a single word to you on the nature of
your calling. If you go out with a feeling that you are
simply representing the moral aspect of society, that
your great work is to engage in the development of social
morality, that your great object is to be considered as au-
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thorities on civic righteousness ; if your rallying cry be
the uplift of society, which means, in its last analysis,
simply more luxury for the poor and more self-denial
for the rich ; then let me tell you that you have misunder-
stood the real meaning of your work. You are to bring a
message of hope from another world to dying men. Your
thought must move in a transcendental sphere of unseen
realities. You are called to deal with a set of emigrants
who are setting sail for another shore ; your work is not
so much to furnish them luxuries on the voyage as to put
into their hands a passport that will be useful to them
when they land. Men will deride your message; will
challenge your credentials; will speak of your work
in the patronizing tone of worldly disdain. You will
sometimes be tempted to surrender to the current of anti-
Christian sentiment. But be strong. Know well the
strength of the cause which you have espoused and be
unwavering in your loyalty to it. And remember that no
small part of your duty is to see to it that you earnestly
contend for the faith once delivered unto the saints.
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A LITTLE BOOK OF LOVE AND LIFE
SERMON
BY THE REVEREND ETHELBERT DUDLEY WARFIELD, D.D., LL.D.
President of Lafayette College
President of the Board of Directors
"These are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of God ; and that believing ye may
have life in his name. ' ' John xx : 31.
THESE are written, that ye may believe. " This book
is a book with a purpose. No mere biography, no
calm and colorless study of the life of a man. It is a great
plea. A plea made at the judgment bar of every soul to
which it comes. A plea for the hero to whom the heart of
the writer was attached by the strongest ties of obliga-
tion, the tenderest bonds of affection, that He may re-
ceive the full meed of praise and honor to which He is
entitled ; but far more a plea for the reader that he may
share the fealty of the writer and find for himself that
life in which the author rejoices.
No mere dry-as-dust zeal has led the writer to seek out,
after the manner of biographers, every minutest frag-
ment of information in regard to the subject of his book,
and record it with pedantic care. Out of the immense
stores of a memory crowded with knowledge and over-
flowing with information he selects with thoughtful re-
serve the matter most significant and germane to his
purpose and marshals it with the consummate skill, not
of the literary artist, but of the convinced disciple.
The whole world might not contain all that could be
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written of the life of his Lord. A few pages may suffice
to prove Him to each sincere and sin-sick soul Christ and
Lord. These are those pages. They belong to the litera-
ture of power, not of art, nor of criticism. They have
proved their power in the experience of tens of thou-
sands of devoted lives. They have been the warm sun-
shine winning back to loveliness and life frost-bound
spirits held in the cold indifference of a living death.
They have been as a rock in a storm, a safe foothold for
many an imperilled heart. Upon them have critics flung
themselves through ages upon ages, only to find them-
selves powerless to break the compelling power in the
story which they tell. No figure can portray, no tongue
can tell, all that these precious pages have meant to the
Church of Christ. There they are a few leaves of a book,
but here they are in the heart the living testimony of one
who knew and loved Him who was for the writer and for
us the resurrection and the life.
The unvarying tradition of the early church attributes
this book to John the Apostle, and tells us that the elders
of the church of Ephesus constantly besought their be-
loved bishop to write out for those who should come after
him, and should not hear his living testimony, the story
that he was accustomed to tell of the living and dying
and rising again of his divine Master. At last yielding
to their entreaties he wrote the book that bears his name.
The story is worthy of the book and the book of the
story. It is clear that the date is late. John is already
far on that long way which led him last of all the com-
panions of the Lord to the grave. Mark and Matthew
and Luke have written their Gospels. John and the
church at large have these noble pictures of Jesus' life.
He does not need to repeat the main features of a history
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already so familiar. He rather needs to enrich it with
special features of Jesus' teaching, to show that from
the first men were repelled as well as attracted by His
words of loving appeal as much as by those of high
authority, and to draw out with power and plainness the
great meaning of it all— the Messiahship of Jesus, His
Sonship, and His gift of life through belief in His name.
In a spirit characteristic of his Lord, John throws
across the opening passage of his narrative the morning
beam of divine revelation. Jesus seems never to have
omitted an opportunity to bring the Old Testament
teaching into His own. Paul had already in his second
letter to the Corinthians flashed this same sunbeam into
his message when he wrote: "God who commanded the
light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ. " John gives it a new and richer
meaning as he develops in a few words his doctrine of
the eternal Word.
Turning then to his story he brings the forerunner,
whose disciple he was, upon the scene, and in a narrative
all athrob with life details day by day the opening of
Christ's ministry as he knew it. The short records of
each day's incident are like the strong wing-beats of an
eagle mounting up to its place of more than world-wide
vision. Yet no simile can equal the simple facts of the
narrative.
For John gives us here an old man's memory of a mo-
mentous day in his youth ; of the day that he first met
Jesus. The day on which we first met Jesus must be to
each of us, however unfruitful our lives, a day of deep
significance and precious memory. But to John with
his capacity for love, his capacity for being loved, who
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was the beloved of Jesus, what must that day have been !
Yet it came in no blinding splendor, no revelation of
things unutterable. The simple story, as is generally
true of the things that mean most to the soul, is a tale of
every day in its outer features. John the Baptist is
standing with his disciples and Jesus passes by. John
points Him out, saying: "Behold the Lamb of God."
Even the heart of John, the young and eager disciple,
seems not to have kindled at the words. It is only when
on the next day the Baptist again makes the same decla-
ration that John and Andrew are aroused and follow
Jesus. Already a seeker after God, John speedily comes
to share with Andrew and Philip the belief that they had
found Him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets,
did write, and that He was Messias.
Thus John makes us see that it is to the heart prepared
that Jesus comes as the Christ. And even he was not at
once ready for all that great truth imports. The seeker
after God became the disciple of Jesus. He went and
saw where he dwelt. He abode with Him. The old home
was forsaken. The old life was left behind. The busy
hands no longer drew the nets. Now it is that he takes
the open road with Jesus and learns new lessons by the
way. The old world takes on new meanings. The sower
as he sows the seed, the digger after hid treasure, the
thirsty wayfarer as he draws water from the well, even
the familiar fishermen as they toil at their nets, have a
new significance, and require fresh interpretations. The
simplest things seem to have deeper meaning, but the
greater mysteries of life grow more plain. The long
sought clue to the deepest mystery of all is at last dis-
covered. The love of God is manifest in the flesh. He
beholds in Him who is the Christ the very Son of God.
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Day by day the meaning of it all works itself out.
Sometimes in His words, His wonderful words of life ;
sometimes in His silence, the silence of One whose spirit
walks with God ; sometimes in His deeds, His acts of help
and healing; sometimes in His inaction, the submission
of One who knew how both to bear and to forbear ; always
and forever, the Great Teacher led the responsive pupil
up along the shining way of life. Now it is a day of
sunlit glory as when He was transfigured on the mount,
now of tremendous shadow turned to light as when
Lazarus is raised up, but often it is half in sunshine, half
in shade, and, ere the Lord of Glory was perfectly made
known, a via dolorosa, through Gethsemane and on to
Calvary.
While there is a great tenderness in John's picture of
Him to whom he had listened as his master, and learned
to acknowledge as his God in the throes of the awful
agony of His night of humiliation, there is also a noble
restraint. Over it all rests the assured calm of Him who
knows the sequel. That the day dies but to return again
in restored beauty. That the tragedy, awful as it is, is
not of death unto death, but of death unto life. That the
crucifixion of love is also love's coronation. And to John
as he writes, the sorrow of his soul for the sufferings of
the best beloved is assuaged by the consolation of that
dear Lord who, though He died, still lives ; though He
suffered, reigns in glory.
And so the narrative moves with growing power and
never wavering confidence to the confession of the re-
stored faith of Thomas: "My Lord and my God"; and
Jesus' benediction: "Thomas, because thou hast seen me
thou hast believed : blessed are they that have not seen,
and yet have believed." Here he pauses. Surely what
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has been written must suffice. Surely the object of his
writing will be attained. And so he says: "Many other
signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples
which are not written in this book ; but these are written,
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God ; and that believing ye might have life through his
name. ' '
It is the fashion in the critical world to approach
such a book as this through an introductory study of
its date and authorship, its authenticity and its rela-
tion to contemporary thought. A mist is thereby often
raised that obscures its clearness and dulls its brightness.
It is its own best answer to such objections as have been
raised in regard to it. As in a court of justice no ques-
tions may be raised as to the character and credibility of
a witness until he has told his story, and as a story told
with convincing directness, simplicity and evident fa-
miliarity with the subject testified to, possesses and con-
trols the minds of judge and jury despite the assaults of
any cross-examination, so this book justifies itself gener-
ation after generation to those who approach it with an
open mind.
Whoever wrote it knew Jesus and knew Him as Christ
and God. Who could have known Him so fully and so
completely as the beloved disciple? Who could have
written of Him with such a soaring spirit entering into
the fulness of His love and His purpose to save men
from sin for eternal life as he to whom has been assigned
for symbol the eagle rising above the darkness of the
storm and baring his eye to the full blaze of the flaming
sun 1 But whoever wrote it, it has fulfilled its purpose
and will continue to do so through the ages to come in
giving to many their fullest vision of a divine Saviour
and their surest grasp upon eternal life.
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This beautiful book then is the story of a great friend-
ship. How we delight to talk of such friendships, to call
friendship the " master-passion," to praise those who
have shown a great capacity for friendship, to applaud
the self-sacrifice of the few who have effaced themselves
for their friends as Jonathan did for David. Friendship
indeed is marked by some of the finest of human virtues.
Affection perhaps comes first, then generosity of heart ;
when testing times come, affection deepens into devo-
tion, and generosity into capacity for sacrifice ; faith and
trust and constancy are found in the bright constellation.
In all these things this book abounds, for Jesus was the
friend of John and John of Jesus, and no ennobling trait
of friendship is wanting in the story.
But who could ever be content to call this merely the
annals of a great friendship? It defies limitation to
merely human ties, to a life bounded by the cradle and
the grave. Perhaps a higher mode is found in the rare
and beautiful devotion of a disciple to a great teacher.
Plato has dignified such an association and John surely
glorifies it. Socrates, too, led Plato to look with longing
out through the gates of death. Philosophy brings into
such a relationship the exalting power of intellectual
aspiration and moral purpose. John found in the fel-
lowship of Jesus all that philosophy had to offer and
more than philosophy had to give— the transforming
power of a great faith. He not only looked out beyond
the gates of death, he looked forth into the eternal years
of God and brought heaven down to earth.
But John had more than this to tell. He had a philo-
sophical ideal and a practical purpose. He had lived into
an age when men were seeking to philosophize away the
facts of his history as they had earlier denied their
occurrence. He sets himself to testify to his facts, to
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establish their relation to history and prophecy, and vin-
dicate for every soul who will accept it the vivifying
power of faith. And this for no mere academic purpose.
Philosophy was not self-sufficient for him. It was to
make men understand the real meaning of life ; of a life
lived in love for love's own dear sake ; of a love that was
divine in source as well as in character ; of a life that was
eternal as well as divine. In short, John set himself to
make men understand and embrace life and love in the
assured faith in Him who was Himself Life and Love.
We are prone to think that our difficulties are peculiar
to our own age and greater than those of any other time.
But the very same features of Christ 's gospel are empha-
sized by John as need emphasis to-day : first, the histori-
cal connection of Christianity and Judaism, the oneness
of the revelation of God in the Old and New Testaments,
that salvation is of the Jews, that Jesus is the Christ;
second, that the Word was made flesh, that Jesus is the
very Son of God ; third, that the life which Jesus came to
proclaim is natural and real, as Tertullian has beauti-
fully said: "The soul is by nature Christian"; and,
finally, that entrance into that life is through belief on
the name of Jesus.
The position of John gives significance to the purpose
of his Gospel. He is no longer the young disciple full
of eager devotion, but of as yet unchastened heart. He
has not only passed through the tragedy of Jesus' earthly
career, with its rising hopes and declining fortunes, with
its blinding lights and its unf athomable darknesses, with
its poignant sorrows and heavenly joys ; he has not only
found the clew to its mystery, and the purpose of its
plan ; but a long life has made him understand the atti-
tude of men to the gospel he had to preach. He knew
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how strong are its attractions, how great its repulsions.
He knew what barriers sin could raise before it, what
opposition it could arouse in hearts dominated by the
power of Satan. The minister of the Word speaks in
him. Nothing is more striking in the arrangement of his
material than the way in which he shows how throughout
Jesus' teaching He drew some and repelled others. And
this is surely the accent that the aged man of long expe-
rience alone would have been sure to give. Despite the
warmth and tenderness that singled John out as the
beloved disciple, and has made all his writings pecu-
liarly the reflection of the love of God in Christ, this
characteristic has brought into his Gospel the hot note
of him who so loved his Lord that his heart flamed out
against those who despised and rejected Him. Were it
not for this we should be somewhat at a loss to know why
he should have been singled out by such a name as a Son
of Thunder. As it is the Gospel is not only warm with
a spirit of life sprung from the sources of divine love,
but it is also palpitant with a sense of the condemnation
which is due to all rejection of love and mercy, with
warning to those who choose death rather than life.
We are apt to select from this book passages of rare
and exquisite beauty ; the great teachings of Christ as to
the new-birth, as to Himself as the light of the world, His
discourse at the Last Supper, and His wonderful prayer,
that prayer in which John Knox tells us he cast his
anchor ; and neglect the full current of the book as a plea
for the entering into eternal life through faith in Christ.
To do so is to pay less than due regard to John and to his
Lord. It is in its very power to persuade, to warn, to
arouse, to convince, to send forth to serve, to create in
the heart that peace which the world cannot know, that
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its perennial power resides. This is no doubt partly due
to the fact that in revealing his Lord, John also writes
his own spiritual biography. Certainly in so doing he
does away with the possibility of much honest wavering
as to the meaning of the life he records.
John grew up in the hope of Israel, he became the
disciple of the Baptist whom he accepted as the prom-
ised forerunner of the Messiah, he was led by the Bap-
tist's express indication to become the follower of Jesus,
he learned from Jesus to reconcile His humiliation with
His mission of redemption and to find in the salvation of
sinners the coming of the Kingdom, he drew from the
teaching of the Old Testament as well as from the bitter
experience of his actual life the meaning of the blood-
bought pardon, and he looked upon his risen Lord with
his own eyes and believed. From these things there grew
up within him a new life which he knew by the evidence
of daily witnesses to be of the very Spirit of God. In the
power of that life he lived and labored and wrote. But
all of this is as it were but the shadow. It is to be read in
the Gospel. But the substance of that Gospel is the other
life, as real, as completely the outgrowth of the Old Tes-
tament, as entirely involved in the story of the redemp-
tion of men by the sacrifice of Calvary. Yet are the two
inseparable. As the Word was made flesh and dwelt
among men, so the Master lived again in the disciple.
No wonder that John cries: "Now are we the sons of
God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be. But
we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is." Already the oneness of
the life of the disciple and the teacher had been known
and felt by him. The complete outworking of the power
of a transforming faith alone remained. It is no wonder
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that lie who wrote this book should have breathed on
those for whose spiritual life he was so solicitous the
benedictions of his letters ; no wonder that to him was
given the visions of the Apocalypse. The glorious beauty
of the images in which the brightness of heaven is repre-
sented for us has never been surpassed by the mind and
pen of man. Yet it is not in those visions, but in the
discourses preceding the passion and in the portrayal of
the suffering Saviour that John has reached most surely
the ground and anchor of our hopes.
Let no rude hand rob us of the robust realities of those
pictures. Through suffering He passed, so must we pass
to gain the fulness of knowledge of the meaning of life
and love; through death He passed that we in passing
through the death of the body may enter into the fulness
of life with Him ; from death He returned in the triumph
of Him who Himself is life. In His life is manifested
for us light and life.
The world has never been content with itself. In the
heart of man there has ever been a divine unrest. Not
always felt, nor by every one. Most notable in the nobler
few ; in times of special need, it has become more general
and more poignant. Always upon a quest, it has never
found its goal. A few have assumed the role of great
teachers, the many have been content to learn of them,
or like the blind and insensate mob to drift, or drive
madly on without an object and without a care. To all
seekers after truth, truth which to him finds embodiment
in a life, John offers this little book. He repeats the
Master's words to those who rejected Him: "Ye search
the scriptures because ye think that in them ye have eter-
nal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
and ye will not come to me that ye may have life." He
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clearly understood the blindness of men. But he trusted
to the Spirit testifying with his words to make men
accept Jesus as the Christ and the very Son of God.
Not only have they proved for us the persuasive words
of a living and abiding faith, but also words of inspira-
tion and strength and of tender consolation. Let us often
keep before our minds the words themselves and the
glorious beauty of the Son of God which they portray,
and, also, the benign figure of John, the aged, ministering
to the church at Ephesus, telling over and over again of
his fellowship with Jesus, drawing about him old and
young with the sublime story that he tells, illustrating
it by his own life of love, of heroic constancy, of undi-
vided loyalty. When we study his book there is room in
our hearts for one person— Jesus only. But we may
sometimes withdraw our minds a little from that central
sun, and thank God for the beauty and the power of the
love of Christ made manifest in the disciple.
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THE FUNCTION AND THE GLORY OF THE
MINISTRY OF GRACE
ADDRESS
BY THE EEVEEEND JOHN FLEMING CAESON, D.D., LL.D.
Pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America
IT is a distinct privilege and honor to have a part in
such a signal celebration as that of the One Hun-
dredth Anniversary of Princeton Theological Seminary
and it is hard to resist the temptation to pause and pay
tribute to this great institution and to the distinguished
men, living or departed, who have made it great. But
justice to the subject assigned compels me to hasten to its
consideration, waiting only long enough to greet and con-
gratulate the young men who this day complete their
seminary training and stand on the threshold of their
ministerial careers.
Young gentlemen, you stand in a noble succession and
in a succession which has always commanded the confi-
dence, respect and appreciation of men. You are enter-
ing upon a life-work incomparably more important than
any other service to which men give themselves ; a work
that is related to interests more awful and august than
those with which any other work is related, and a work
whose achievements and results are more enduring and
more wonderful than any of the other results and
achievements of the labors of mankind.
The subject assigned to me is : "The Function and the
Glory of the Ministry of Grace." In the statement of
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this theme there is nothing that requires explanation, no
hidden thought that waits to be released, no word that
needs definition. There is one word in the phrasing of
the theme that was more frequently upon the lips of the
fathers than it is upon ours and this fact, as well as the
vital place which the word occupies in the theme, justifies
us in lingering for a little in the fellowship of that word.
Grace is a word that the fathers understood, loved and
accentuated. Grace is that faculty or force or element of
being that comes unbidden and serves unrequested and
unrequited. It is the love that pities the sinner, redeems
from sin, and bends all its energies toward the complete
and perfect recovery and restoration of man. It is abso-
lutely free, a priceless gift that can neither be bought nor
bartered nor sold. Let that radiant word come back in
all its might and hold dominion in the soul, and then the
church shall march with triumphant paean to God's high
goal and guerdon.
The use of this word " grace" in the subject defines the
ministry in broad terms. The ministry of grace is a
service that, however sustained, is unpurchased and un-
purchasable by man and that does not stand in its suc-
cessions and orders and institutions as a method of man's
salvation, but as a medium through which the grace of
God that bringeth salvation is revealed unto all men.
Thus the term declares at once the independence and
exaltation and the subserviency and lowliness of the min-
istry of grace.
1. This broad definition intimates that the ministry of
grace is rooted in the very nature of God, and finds its
object in the need of man. In this reach from the highest
to the lowest, its supreme function is declared and its
surpassing glory is enshrined. In the heart of God is
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eternal love and in the heart of humanity is the undying
need of that saving love. The function of the ministry
of grace is to declare and to interpret the love of God to
the heart of man. In fulfilling that distinct function the
glory of the ministry of grace shines forth.
? 2. In the presence of such a service as this we are
ready to accept the truth that the ministry of grace is
an institution of God and that the ministers thereof are
called of God. However men may debate and differ as
to its vestments and ceremonials, as to the visible form in
which it expresses itself, as to the outward ritual through
which its inward spirit breaks upon the world, all will
agree that in its essential spirit the ministry of grace has
come down from heaven, and that it is here because God
has sent it.
The evidences of the divine institution of the ministry
of grace are manifold. The object for which it exists
attests it. Its persistence through the ages-its refusal
to be shelved by any studied neglect, or to be crowded
out of place by any competing aspirants— confirms it.
And the fact that the outworkings and issues of the min-
istry of grace are in God's keeping affirms its divine in-
stitution and sanction.
This is the vital fact that gives character and power
and glory to the ministry of grace-the minister is the
ambassador of God. His ministry is more than his mes-
sage; his responsibility larger than his utterance. He
is a God-called, a God-sent man. Conscious of his divine
call and commission, his ministry rings with a note of
authority that challenges the world. His voice is oracu-
lar. His message is a summons. He is bold, with a holy
boldness, to declare the whole counsel of God, and confi-
dent, with a holy confidence, to speak God's truth. He
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works in the spirit of Seneca's pilot, who said to
Neptune :
"You may sink me, or you may save me,
But I will hold my rudder true. ' '
He meets any opposition in the spirit of Curran, in his
defence of Bond, who, when he heard the clatter of the
arms of his threatening antagonist in court, said: "You
may assassinate me, but you cannot intimidate me. ' '
This is the ministry our age needs— a ministry whose
manhood stands out in bold and naming relief, whose
service is impelled by a mighty imperative and con-
strained by an irresistible necessity and whose message
does not stammer in fearsome uncertainty, is not stifled
in mincing ambiguity, or hidden in any conventional
finesse.
It ought ever to be an adequate inspiration to the min-
ister to know that the work is God's and that God has
called him into the fellowship of His Son under whose
institution it is carried forward. The work committed
to the ministry of grace is the same work that summoned
the Son of God to earth. It is the work in which Paul
gloried and for which he counted himself unworthy. It
is the work that challenged the fiery energy of Tertullian,
that commanded the scholarship of Athanasius, that
girded the sturdy will of Luther, that kindled the fine
fervor of St. Francis, saint of purest renown, that in-
spired the sublime genius of Calvin, that nerved the
fearless strength of Knox, that evoked the bewitching
eloquence of Jeremy Taylor, that directed the apostolic
zeal of Wesley, that buttressed the giant power of Ed-
wards—the work of reconciling men to God that they
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may be saved from their sins, comforted in their sorrows
and glorified in their death. This is the glory of the
ministry of grace— it is a co-partnership with Christ and
a fellowship of men of varying abilities through whose
transparent souls the radiance of heaven has broken over
earth.
3. This ministry of grace, ordained by God, is authen-
ticated by God's people. While certain believers were
assembled together, an unseen voice was heard saying:
" Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work where-
unto I have called them. ' ' That was the divine call and
the divine authorization. But not immediately did the
men thus called go forth as fully and sufficiently author-
ized and empowered. There is in the incident another
factor that may not be arbitrarily left out. After the
unseen voice had spoken and after the assembled dis-
ciples had fasted and prayed "and laid their hands on
them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by
the Holy Ghost, departed." We may put too much
emphasis on this laying on of the hands, or on it we may
put too little; but the fact stands out that the inward
call was ratified by the outward ordinance, the spiritual
mission was confirmed by the tactual commission, the
divine empowerment was certified by the human authen-
tication. The gifts and powers of the Holy Ghost are
not tied to the agencies ordained for their transmission.
The Spirit worketh when and where and how He pleases.
But still the fact remains that there is a way which is of
God's appointment— a ministry which He first commis-
sioned and which they whom He first commissioned
passed on to others. Call this apostolic succession if you
please, ridicule its pretensions and deride its efficiency,
but you cannot dismiss from human history the fact that
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the ministry of grace is not only an ordinance of divine
appointment, but also of church authentication. Christ
did not leave His fellowship and truth in the world un-
organized and disembodied; He built His church and,
through His church, He sends forth ambassadors. This
distinguishes the ministry of grace from every other
vocation— it has back of it the authority of the Church
of Christ.
4. The ministry of grace, ordained by God and authen-
ticated by the church, is in vital and permanent relation
to the moral order of the world and to the unfolding
history of humanity. The claim of its divine institution
can be substantiated only by the eternal necessity and the
essential rationality of the ministry of grace. In the
counsels of God are woven the essential and eternal needs
of human nature and of human history. It cannot be
assumed that the divine seal rests upon any commission
that does not convey a message that every man needs to
hear, and that cannot grow obsolete with any conceivable
civilization. The herald of God's counsels will be in-
spired with an unusual and sustained confidence when he
speaks to his fellows under the profound conviction that
what he has to say, the whole world, from prince to
pauper, needs to hear and heed.
5. The ministry of grace, charged with a message to
all men, is commissioned to the evangelization of the
world and to the establishing of believers in the doctrines
and practices of the Christian faith. For the fulfilment
of this twofold function the ministry of grace has an
evangelistic and a teaching mission. The preacher is a
herald, the substance of his message is the proclamation
of the free forgiveness of sins and the heritage of eternal
life through the mediation of Jesus Christ. The passion
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of the ministry of grace is to save men from their sins,
and, by the sweet and holy, the winsome and wooing note
of divine persuasion, to lead to Christ. The final reality
of the religious life is a man's personal relation and alle-
giance to his God. After much talking about ' ' the enthu-
siasm of humanity", "the service of man", " social min-
istry", and other freezing abstractions, we must come
back to the Master's love of men. " Jesus loved Mary,
and Martha and Lazarus". "Who loved me and gave
himself for me ". " That is the superlative wonder in the
altogether wonderful evangel of grace— the divine love
can concentrate on everybody, as though each one were
everybody, and there was only one child in the Father's
house." This marvel of grace is the substance of the
evangel that is committed to the ministry of grace.
The ministry of grace has a teaching mission and its
message not only voices the evangelistic appeal of the
Gospels, but also moves in the deep, broad grooves of the
Pauline Epistles. In fulfilling its teaching function the
ministry of grace does not come into competition with
any other teaching agency. Its wide, splendid province
is the revealing and the interpretation of the eternal
verities. It may be of service to art, literature and
philanthropy, but its concern is with the message from
the very heart of the eternal to the souls of sinful men.
Its music is set, not to the keynote of moral philosophy,
or material rewards, or esthetic beauty, but to the ex-
ceeding abundance of the grace of God, which has in
store for the human soul a kingdom which eye hath not
seen.
As a teacher the minister is a specialist. He deals
with men, it is true, on every side of their nature— physi-
cal, intellectual, spiritual ; and with every department of
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their living— domestic, social, commercial, civic— but
always and everywhere he deals with them from the reli-
gious point of view. He is not a teacher of science or
of philosophy ; he is not an instructor in domestic science,
or in political economy ; he is not a leader in social func-
tions or commercial enterprises— he is a teacher of
religion. Therefore, his specialty is theology.
It is not uncommon to hear that theology is a declining
science, that its majesty is waning like the splendor of
some dying star, and that its voice of power is growing
faint as the murmur of some distant sea. We are told
that men are weary of theology and that the church is in
revolt against it. There never was a more preposterous
or perverse delusion. Theology is the abiding interest
of men. It is the theologian who is listened to whether
he speaks in the literature of history, imagination,
poetry, science, or religion. So long as men believe in
God, so long will they fashion for themselves a theology
of some sort. The preacher announces himself as a
teacher of God, and men demand of him, and have a right
to demand, that his teaching concerning God and man's
relation to God shall be definite, clear and exact. Men
do not ask from the minister a final statement of truth,
for they know that no statement of truth can be final, but
they ask for something that shall be sufficiently near the
eternal fact for which it stands to serve them. Men
resent dogmatism. They welcome theology, a clear,
scientific setting forth, not in technical phrase, but in
orderly array and system of the great truths of revela-
tion.
The ministry of grace is ordained to inspire men to
noble aspirations, lofty living and consecrated service.
Its aim is to relieve the fag and strain and stress of life ;
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to keep faith serene and strong ; to hold before men the
true values of life ; to cause hope and courage to sing in
every heart ; to make men feel how near the heavens are
to earth ; to quicken the soul to divine endeavor and make
the heart burn with a holy passion for the Lord Jesus—
this is the high and holy and enviable purpose and privi-
lege of the ministry of grace.
The ministry of grace has a prophetic function. It is
successor not to the priestly order of the Old Testament,
but to the prophetic office. The prophet was the most
notable figure in ancient Israel. When he was in the
ascendant, the nation rose to its best ; but when he was
ignored, silenced, or banished, the people deteriorated
and the nation declined. The prophet was the man that
saw and said. The chief characteristic of the prophet is
that he sees God, sees Him in the light of all the ages,
and sees Him in the life of his own day and declares and
interprets His truth to his day. The function of the
ministry of grace is to tell forth great truths, dominant
principles, and so point out the broad highways along
which all men and all their affairs move to their inevit-
able destiny.
All these several phases of the ministry of grace— its
evangelistic, its teaching, its inspiring and its prophetic
function— unite in realizing its supreme end, the set-
ting forth of the tremendous realism of the priesthood
of Jesus Christ, its profound spiritual and moral neces-
sity, and its design as an historical fact to produce a
definite historical and spiritual result— the redemption
of mankind. Not simply the salvation of men, but a new-
born humanity, and through that a reconstructed society,
a redeemed race of mortal men and women on this earth.
This is the Kingdom of God, which the prophets foretold
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and for which the apostles longed and labored. This
Kingdom is the revelation, the keynote of all the dispen-
sations. For its establishment the ministry of grace is
to labor by preparing the way for the coming of the
King and, in its establishment by the enthronement of
the King, the ministry of grace will realize its eternal
coronation.
6. The ministry of grace is equipped with the Word of
God and endowed by the Spirit of God for the fulfilment
of its divine mission. As an ambassador of God the min-
ister does not make his message. He delivers the mes-
sage that has been entrusted to him. He is not called to
proclaim his own ideas or speculations, but to preach
God's Word; not his own guesses at a thousand things,
but God's revelation of truth and righteousness. The
preacher has not a roving commission to wander up and
down the universe of knowledge. As Christ's ambassa-
dor he must take the latitude from his Master; and
Christ concerned Himself with the relations of the hu-
man soul to God, and all which is contained in that fel-
lowship. The minister will never exhaust that revelation.
He will never feel equal to the high and holy duty of
declaring it, but he will declare it and he will declare it
with the tone of confidence and certainty, for it is God's
eternal truth. Criticism and investigation have not
changed the truth of God. The intellectual play on the
surface has not touched the deep verities. The truth is
a fixed quantity, and is a firm path through the highway
of the ages. The great guiding lines have not become
confused by the march of time; they are as true and
significant today as on the day when they were first
penned and they have as clear and confident a message
for today. Men tell us that the need of the hour is to
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adjust truth to modern conditions. The need is that we
adjust modern conditions to truth. I do not see how
truth can be adjusted to conditions, but I do see how
conditions can and should be adjusted to truth. You
cannot adjust the polar star to the ship's compass, but
you can set the ship 's compass by the polar star.
In unfolding the Word of God the ministry of grace
depends upon the guidance of the Holy Spirit, knowing
full well that He alone can disclose and interpret what
He has first inspired. Put emphasis upon the person-
ality, upon the intellectual equipment, upon the all round
ability of the preacher, but ever remember that the
power that melts men's wills into God's will is not in
human genius, but in God's grace. This divine grace is
not necessarily independent of human genius. On the
contrary it ordinarily uses that genius as the channel of
its operation. Hence the insistent and imperious de-
mand for a ministry that is equipped, efficient, enlight-
ened and enlightening. No man with any power of vision
can be blind to this demand, and no man with any in-
tegrity of mind can ignore it. The rock-bottom need of
the pulpit is baptized intellect. This is the secret of the
pulpit's mastery over men and the strength of its posi-
tion in society. From Paul to Jonathan Edwards, from
Jonathan Edwards to Archibald Alexander, from Archi-
bald Alexander to Charles Hodge, from Charles Hodge
to men whose presence on this occasion alone prohibits
the mention of their names, the pathway to the throne of
pulpit power is lined with the monuments of moun-
tain-minded men. There was spiritual enduement,
but along with it there was a natural endowment that
would have given its possessor commanding influence
anywhere among men. Behind the voices that have
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stirred the world, the messages that have thrilled and
enkindled human hearts, were thinking, reasoning men,
speaking out of the large and the rich manhood in them-
selves to the manhood of other men. But they were sanc-
tified, set apart men, men baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Those last words, " baptized with the Holy Ghost," let
us into the presence of that unique distinction that for-
ever differentiates the endowment of the ministers of
Christ from any mere natural endowment. It is endued
endowment. It is the permeation of all natural qualities
and forces with a divine presence and their control by a
divine power. That which gives the ministry of grace
its authority and its power, either to evangelize or to
teach, is not the native gifts of its ministers, however
great they may be, but the enduement of the life with the
majesty and glory and grace of the Holy Ghost.
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THE MAKING OF A MINISTER
ADDRESS
BY THE REVEREND RUSSELL CECIL, D.D.
Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va.
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States
THE word ''minister" in the Scriptures has many
uses, but for our purpose on this occasion, it means
"the minister of the Word". He is the chief officer in
the church of Christ, and his multifarious duties are
indicated by such scriptural titles as ambassador, bishop,
evangelist, minister, pastor, preacher, presbyter, teacher,
and steward. Among these titles, priest does not appear,
and indeed is made conspicuous by its absence. The sac-
erdotal function attaches to the whole body of believers,
and not in any special or exclusive sense to ministers of
the Word. It is the privilege of any disciple of Christ
to offer spiritual sacrifice unto the Lord without the
mediation of an ecclesiastical functionary. We are not,
therefore, concerned with the question of the making of
a priest.
The minister of the Word should be a man. It does
not appear that women were called to this office in the
early church. Women were engaged in many Christian
activities, and their labors were highly blessed of God,
but they were not designated as ministers of the Word,
and it can not be shown from the New Testament that
any woman occupied this office.
The kind of man needed must be learned from the
Holy Scriptures. The office is many-sided, and the
duties of it are grave and responsible. The minister
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must labor in the spiritual realm, in an atmosphere both
strange and uncongenial to worldly minds, and into
which no one should venture rashly without an adequate
acquaintance with the character of the work required of
him and some manifest fitness for it. God can without
doubt use any kind of a man to work His will, and the
history of the church shows that for the glory of His
grace He has often "chosen the foolish", "the weak",
"the base", and "the despised" "to confound the wise"
and "the mighty" (1 Cor. 1:26-29), and He will pre-
sumably continue this course as long as His infinite wis-
dom directs ; yet from our point of view, as enlightened
by the teachings and example of the apostles and our
own experience, we believe that the best material out of
which to construct a minister of the Word is a manly
man. Whatever the great Head of the Church may do,
as it pleases Him, in the selection of material, He has not
authorized those acting in His name to "lay hands sud-
denly" (1 Tim. 5:22) on any kind of a man who offers
himself for the ministry. Some men are constitution-
ally unfitted for the office, and should be firmly rejected,
as an honest builder rejects an unworthy piece of timber
in the construction of a handsome edifice. We should
encourage manly men, of noble minds and honest hearts,
to undertake this work.
Of course the minister should be a godly man ; that is,
a God-like man; one whose knowledge of God is first
hand ; not a simulator, or an imitator, or even that sort
of an investigator, who is "ever learning and never able
to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2 Tim. 3:7); but
a man of deep spiritual experience, who has heard the
voice of the Spirit in his own soul and has obeyed it, and
has become like God in his love of truth, of righteous-
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ness, and of men. It is impossible to make a true min-
ister of the Word out of an unregenerate and ungodly
man.
He must also be a God-called man. There is a differ-
ence here which some seem willing to obscure. A godly
man and a God-called man are not necessarily identical.
Not every godly man is called to preach. The minister
should be able to say,
' ' Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me!"
It is just as impossible to make a minister of Christ's
evangel out of an uncalled man as it is out of an ungodly
man. "No man taketh this honour to himself", not even
the devout child of God. It is bestowed from above. God
chooses those who are to preach the Word, and in some
way makes clear to them His will. Various elements
may enter into a call, the man's own convictions, the
indications of providence, the judgment of the Church,
the desire of his friends, but a call there must be.
So much in brief as to the material out of which the
minister is to be constructed; now as to the method.
With material of the right kind furnished, what of the
process through which it should be put in order to make
a minister? It should be said that entire harmony of
view does not exist in different branches of the Christian
church upon this subject, but this is not the time or the
place to discuss divergencies of opinion. An effort will
be made simply to suggest in outline certain things which
are of value in this process; it would be rash to say
" things which are essential". With the right kind of
material in hand, who can point out definitely what
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things are essential to the making of a minister ? Some
things we know are of value to any minister, but when a
man is evidently sent of God with a message to the peo-
ple, it is hazardous for us to prescribe things which we
believe to be essential to him for the proper delivery of
it. It cannot be forgotten that some men who have ful-
filled a fruitful ministry have entered upon their work
with very little of what is usually regarded as helpful
preparation. This is not an indication, however, that
preparation is useless to the man of God. Any able-
bodied man with an axe in his hand can go into the woods
and build some sort of a house to shelter himself from
the weather, but if he were a well trained carpenter with
a chest of fine tools at his hand, he could build a better
house. The fact that some men have preached the gospel
with power without having received any special prepara-
tion for their work does not argue that they might not
have done it more effectively had they enjoyed the
advantages of theological education.
Early environment is an important factor in the mak-
ing of a minister. Family life, youthful association,
school and college experiences contribute not a little to
the formation of his character and to his usefulness in
the service. The apostle Paul owed much to the superior
advantages for mental and moral culture which he en-
joyed in the plastic period of youth. His life from the
beginning was evidently projected upon an elevated
plane by his parents, and he himself had always cher-
ished high ideals of personal piety and duty ; and to his
early training no doubt much of his remarkable effi-
ciency as a minister was due. He appreciated the same
thing in Timothy, and took occasion to remind his son
in the faith of the religious atmosphere of his mother's
home and of his education from childhood in the Holy
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Scriptures. Many of the great preachers have traced the
elements of their power to these early sources. We can
hardly overestimate their value in the make-up of the
minister, and the church will find herself poor in minis-
ters of the right kind unless the spirit of Christ dwells
in our homes and schools and colleges.
But on this occasion we are chiefly interested in the
work of the theological seminary. Many useful minis-
ters have never seen the inside of a seminary, but schools
of the prophets and institutions for the training of men
in sacred learning have existed in the church throughout
the most of her history, and the vast majority of those
who have served in the sacred office have received their
preparation in such institutions. As we are celebrating
the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of a
great theological seminary, the character of work done
in such an institution demands our attention.
It may be said at the outset that it should not be me-
chanical. Students are not to be regarded as empty
barrels to be filled with theology, headed up with a
diploma, and thus made ready to be shipped to various
parts of the world where they can be opened on the Sab-
bath day for the spiritual nourishment of the people. Nor
are they thermos bottles to be charged with hot air, or
only with "milk for babes"; but they are living men to
be trained for a holy service to living men and women.
The work done in the seminary therefore should be in-
stinct with life and in close touch with human interests.
Human needs and sorrows, human hopes and aspira-
tions should lie upon the hearts of instructors, and no
effort on their part should be spared to quicken the sym-
pathies of their students with the suffering and strug-
gling masses of mankind.
Let me mention as the first requisite of a theological
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seminary a wholesome spiritual atmosphere. It may be
thought by some that this goes without saying among
those who have devoted themselves to the sacred calling,
but that is not true. The student of theology is tempted
to become spiritually morbid on the one hand, or spiritu-
ally apathetic on the other. One needs to be encouraged
in healthy normal development, and another needs in-
struction in spiritual ideals and the toning up of his
notions of the kinship of ministerial character and con-
duct. If the spiritual atmosphere of the seminary is
either too fetid or too frigid, the best results in the mak-
ing of ministers can not be secured. One extreme is
perhaps as dangerous as the other. In the active work
the course of the true minister lies between religious
fanaticism on the one side and worldliness on the other,
and unless therefore he comes from the seminary with a
robust character, with clear conceptions of gospel truth,
and with sound views as to the spirituality of the church
both in its purpose and in its method, he is almost sure to
be " corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
This is not the time or the place to discuss with any
fulness matters of curriculum. There are some things,
however, which I wish to say. The course of study in a
theological seminary should be comprehensive in its
scope and scientific in its methods. It should embrace
everything that can throw light upon the origin and
history, the significance and worth of Christianity; it
should honestly face all the difficulties of revelation and
inspiration; and it should refuse to deal superficially
with any of the great problems of supernatural religion.
A theological school above all others should be thorough
in its investigations of the foundations on which revealed
truth rests, and should send its students out to their
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work well established in their faith in the Holy Scrip-
tures. Men who do not believe the Bible, the source from
which their message comes, certainly can not preach it to
others. Preaching to be effective must be positive and
dogmatic, not negative and apologetic, and what the
character of it shall be must depend upon the kind of
instruction the minister receives in his seminary. The
teachers in our seminaries therefore should be scholars
second to none in their own departments, but they should
also be men of faith ; otherwise, the students who sit at
their feet will have no message worth delivering. Min-
isters should not be educated to disseminate unbelief,
but, as Paul says, they should be so "established in the
faith" (Col. 2:7) as to be guides and helpers of those
who seek a firm footing in the divine truth. If our semi-
naries are to turn out men of feeble faith, they had far
better cease to exist. Unbelievers are plentiful enough
now without training men to add to their number.
But while the curriculum of the seminary should be
broad and thorough, it should not be forgotten that all
men who are called to preach the gospel are not called to
become technical scholars. There are different depart-
ments of church work for which men should be specially
prepared ; and experience shows that, for the attainment
of this end, the course of study in the seminary has not
always been happily arranged. It has been too much of
a procrustean bed upon which all classes of students, if
they desire a degree, are compelled to lie. The law of
adaptation of means to end has not been wisely applied.
In recent years, this matter has been receiving more
attention and it should continue to do so. In addition
to a comprehensive and thorough-going required course,
why should not the seminary add a large number of
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electives, adapted to fitting men for the growing needs of
the church % The complicated religious activities of our
day demand a variety of ministers, and many think that
the theological seminary is a failure as a place for pre-
paring men for meeting the demands of present condi-
tions. It is charged that the men sent out are not fitted
to grapple with the task before them, and that they are
outstripped by others trained in the school of experi-
ence and in minor institutions, who are laboring in or-
ganizations of an undenominational character. There is
enough truth in this charge to awaken the church to the
importance of equipping her seminaries for dealing
intelligently with every species of practical church life.
We can not disguise the fact that many extra-ecclesiasti-
cal movements owe their origin to a wide-spread feeling
that the church is not meeting in an adequate manner the
demands of the age in furnishing men capable of dealing
with present day practical problems. I do not appear
as an apologist for movements of this kind, nor do I
admit that the church is inadequately equipped for
evangelizing people of all grades of society and for
taking care of the needy, but I do believe that there is a
weakness in her system of theological education which if
corrected would render unnecessary most, if not all, of
the extra-ecclesiastical movements of the day. I believe
thoroughly in the doctrine that the church is the divinely
ordained agency for the evangelization of the world.
Our seminaries should cultivate more and more the mis-
sionary spirit, and instruct their students in the vast
work of modern missions. Every student who leaves the
halls of a theological school should be a missionary.
Whether his life work be in a seminary, in a city church,
in the slums, on the frontier, or in the foreign field is a
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matter of secondary importance compared with the in-
terest he feels in the evangelization of the world and the
earnestness with which he devotes himself to it. It is an
open question in which position he can be of greatest use.
The efficiency of every minister will depend upon his
personal piety and equipment, but the pastor or the
theological professor can be as truly missionary in his
desire to obey the command of the Master as the man who
labors among the heathen.
More attention also should be given to the study of
expression. It is strange that men who have consecrated
themselves to the gospel ministry should care so little to
cultivate the art of public speaking ; and yet, nothing is
truer than that many a good sermon fails to be effective
because of a poor delivery. Our seminaries should make
more of this matter, and more emphasis should be laid
upon the importance of correct composition and impres-
sive delivery. The forms in which truth is clothed and
the manner in which it is presented are matters of vital
moment which many a minister learns, or far more fre-
quently discovers that he has not learned, long after the
day of his usefulness has passed. A man charged with a
great message to the people should certainly study the
best way to deliver it. Of what use would a magazine
gun be on the field of battle in the hands of a man who
did not know how to operate it ? How can a pious and
learned minister of the Word fulfil the functions of his
office if he be unable to clothe the truth in living words
and utter them with a voice and emphasis which will
claim the attention of the people? I know this subject
usually receives indifferent attention in the seminary,
but after more than thirty years 'experience in preaching
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ministers might be improved if more serious study were
given to the arts of composition and delivery.
I close with the remark that Christian people every-
where feel that humanizing influences should be thrown
around the young men in our seminaries; that they
should not be cloistered scholastics, withdrawn from the
stirring life of the day ; but that they should be men of
loving hearts, who, when they come forth to their work,
are able to sympathize with the poor and needy, and
know how to dispense the gospel of the grace of God to
our perishing race.
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PRINCETON IN THE WORK OF THE
PASTORATE
ADDRESS
BY THE REVEREND WILLIAM LEONARD McEWAN, D.D.
Pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh
THE glory of a theological seminary consists in the
number and character of the men it trains for the
gospel ministry. However eminent may be the scholars
produced, as distinguished from preachers, and however
excellent their services to the church and the world in
the defense of truth and the refutation of error, it must
still be true that the chief work of a theological seminary
is in the preparation of men for the service of preaching.
Scholars are the by-products of such a school. They are
vastly needed. They are greatly used. They are to be
honored and appreciated. We take pride in, and give
thanks for, the great scholars who have come from this
institution. A theological seminary exists, primarily,
for the purpose of training, for pastors and preachers
to the common people, men who believe they have been
called of God into the ministry of the gospel. That
school of the prophets most fully meets its end which
sends forth in largest numbers men who are qualified
to "rightly divide the word of truth'', who preach with
holy confidence "the unsearchable riches of Christ", and
who have also learned that, with full and accurate schol-
arship and persuasive eloquence, they cannot do their
work without the presence and the power of the Holy
Spirit of God. It is by this standard we measure to-day
the work of Princeton Theological Seminary for these
hundred years.
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This school of the prophets was born in the fulness of
time. In the early years of the nineteenth century the
necessity for the establishment of a theological seminary
by the Presbyterian Church was evident. Theological
education was in a chaotic state. Colleges such as Yale,
Harvard, Princeton, Hampden- Sidney, and others were
preparing men for the ministr}^ and many individual
pastors had classes of young men under their care. There
was a growing and wide-spread conviction that the Pres-
byterian Church ought to establish a school for the one
purpose of training ministers.
The Presbytery of Philadelphia, led by Dr. Ashbel
Green, brought the matter to the attention of the General
Assembly in 1805. In 1808 Dr. Archibald Alexander of
Philadelphia, the retiring Moderator, emphasized the
Church's duty and responsibility for the supply of min-
isters. The Committee of the General Assembly, ap-
pointed in 1810 to draft a plan for a Theological
Seminary to be established at Princeton, presented reso-
lutions which were adopted, one of which was,
"That, as filling the Church with a learned and able
ministry without a corresponding portion of real piety,
would be a curse to the world and an offense to God and
His people, so the General Assembly think it their duty
to state that in establishing a seminary for training up
ministers, it is their earnest desire to guard, as far as
possible, against so great an evil. And, they do hereby
solemnly pledge themselves to the Churches under their
care, that in forming and carrying into execution the
plan of the proposed seminary it will be their endeavor
to make it, under the blessing of God, a nursery of vital
piety as well as of sound theological learning, and to
train up persons for the ministry who shall be lovers as
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well as defenders of the truth as it is in Jesus, friends
of revivals of religion, and a blessing to the Church of
God".
The Board of Directors held their first meeting in
Princeton on June 30th, 1812. On the 12th day of
August the Seminary was formally opened by the in-
auguration of Dr. Alexander. Three students matricu-
lated at the opening. The number increased to nine be-
fore the close of the first year.
The Assembly of 1813 elected Dr. Samuel Miller of
New York City as a professor, and in 1820 Dr. Charles
Hodge was added to the Faculty. These professors, by
God's grace and under His guidance, laid the founda-
tions of Princeton Seminary. They planted the seeds
which through the years have grown, bearing the fruits
upon which the Church has lived. They started those
streams that have brought life whithersoever they have
come, and which have deepened and widened with each
succeeding generation.
Princeton Seminary has had illustrious names on the
roll of its Faculty, and the great men who have been
among its teachers have been known and honored among
the lovers of evangelical truth throughout the world, but
there have not been any who have not delighted to recog-
nize and rejoice in the leadership of these three great
heroic scholars and saints.
Never were men more unlike in temperament and tal-
ents, and never were men more united in the one supreme
purpose of teaching and interpreting the Word of God.
They supplemented each other until the impression made
upon the students was not confused, but clear, definite,
distinct and, perhaps, unique. This impression was the
Princeton stamp upon its students. It was not so much
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the imparting of a particular system of theology, as lead-
ing men to a love for the truth, an unqualified acceptance
of the Word of God as the infallible rule of faith and
practice, and a great sense of responsibility upon every
teacher of the Word. There was a full appreciation of
high scholarship, with a devout and humble sense of de-
pendence and a thorough evangelical spirit.
Dr. Alexander's distinguishing characteristic was a
wonderfully clear and penetrating insight into Christian
experience. He had himself been brought to a know-
ledge of Christ after much sense of sin and travail of
soul. Under the trees in the mountains of Virginia he
had spent hours and days in fasting and prayer and the
study of the Bible. He had learned to observe closely his
own mental states and exercises and to weigh carefully
the experiences of his soul. He was peculiarly qualified
to deal with young men preparing for the ministry. His
great ability as a teacher and his broad scholarship were
united with a child-like simplicity of heart, transparent
sincerity, and a great loyal, personal love to the Lord
Jesus Christ. He was also a man of plain common sense,
and he knew how to deal with men of every class. It is
not strange that his coming to Princeton, humanly
speaking, was the means of a revival of religion in the
College and in the town during the first year of his resi-
dence.
Dr. Miller had a comprehensive view of pastoral duty.
He understood and loved the polity of the Church. He
was a great authority in the department of history.
When he was called to undertake the work of a profes-
sor, coming from the foremost pulpit in the land, he
wrote in his diary,
"Resolved, that I will endeavor, by the grace of God,
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to set such an example for the candidates for the min-
istry committed to my care as shall convince them that,
though I esteem theological knowledge and all its auxil-
iary branches of science very highly, I esteem genuine
and deep piety as a still more vital and important quali-
fication.
Resolved, that, by the grace of God, I will not merge
my office as a Minister of the Gospel in that of Professor.
I am persuaded that no Minister of the Gospel, to what-
ever office he may be called, ought to give up preaching".
Dr. Hodge's characteristic that marked him from
others was the emphasis he put on objective faith in
Christ. Those who heard him speak of the love of Jesus
Christ for sinful men, the glory of His Person, the great-
ness of His redeeming grace, never forgot how his whole
soul seemed to bow in adoring worship and his heart to
overflow in grateful love as he preached and taught. His
class-room was a place of worship. When he was con-
sidering the call given to him to become a teacher in the
Seminary he wrote, "I believe that I would rather be
homeless and penniless through life than in any way
whatever enter such an office unsent of God ". ' ' It seems
to me that the heart, more than the head, of an instructor
in a religious seminary qualifies or unfits him for his
station". The first sentence in his inaugural address was,
"The moral qualities of an interpreter of the Scriptures
may all be included in piety, which embraces humility,
candor and those inward feelings which can only result
from the operations of the Holy Spirit".
Dr. Alexander was here thirty-nine years, Dr. Miller
twenty-six years and Dr. Hodge fifty-two years. Under
these greatest scholars of their generation and most
attractive Christian gentlemen there was formed a cer-
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tain type of pastor and preacher. They accepted the
Bible as the Word of God, and sought intelligently to
explain it to the people. They understood and received
the Reformed Theology as the system taught in the
Bible. They believed in the form of government of the
Presbyterian Church and the dignity and authority of
its courts.
At the time the Seminary was opened this country was
at war with Great Britain. The fourth President of the
United States, James Madison— a graduate of Princeton
College— was closing his first term of service. The popu-
lation of the country was about seven million. A new
national spirit was rapidly forming. The tide was mov-
ing west. New territories were being settled. New com-
munities were being formed. The Church had need of
more ministers. Into these fields the Seminary began
to send its graduates. They worked a quiet but thorough
revolution in the ideals and accomplishments of the pas-
torate. They exercised great influence wherever they
went. The Church and the country felt the reinforce-
ment of the army of the Lord in the coming of these
strong, trained preachers and leaders. They set higher
standards for the ministry. They led the Church to ex-
pect better service. They influenced whole communities
by their superior attainments and ability as leaders.
They became the evangelists under whose preaching
great revivals swept over the country.
In the first ten classes graduated there were two hun-
dred and fifty-six students. From these graduates there
were six moderators of the General Assembly; two bish-
ops of the Protestant Episcopal Church ; fifteen college
presidents, presiding over such colleges as Princeton,
Tale, Jefferson, Dickinson, Hanover, Centre, Western
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University of Pennsylvania and others. From these
classes there went forth missionaries and pioneers to
every part of the land. Throughout the South, from
which many of the students came, over the wide, opening
West to the far Pacific slope, their influence was felt.
It would not be possible in the limits of this address
even to mention the names of the Princeton men who
have done their work for the Church and for God in this
land, for, with the graduating class of this year, there
are five thousand nine hundred and forty-seven Alumni.
It would be interesting to take up one class after an-
other, and make mention of the services of its members.
In the first class of the Seminary was William Ander-
son McDowell. Graduating from Princeton College in
1809, he had already been pursuing a theological course
under the president, Dr. Samuel Stanhope Smith. Upon
his graduation he settled at Bound Brook, N. J., and
afterwards in the First Church of Morristown. Threat-
ened with pulmonary trouble he spent the winter of 1823
in Charleston, S. C, and was pastor of the church there
for ten years. He was elected moderator of the General
Assembly in 1832, and, by the Assembly of 1833, was
appointed Secretary of Domestic Missions. In this office
he served until his death in 1851, doing an unsurpassed
work. Of him it was said, "Being dead he yet speaks, and
will for generations continue to speak, in the Churches
planted by his instrumentality, the missionaries encour-
aged by his sympathy, and the souls brought under the
enlightening influence of the Gospel by his unwearied
exertions".
From that same first class was graduated Benjamin
Franklin Stanton. Remarkable revivals accompanied
his preaching during his nine years ' pastorate at Hudson,
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N. Y. He was pastor of the church at Hanover, Va.,
from 1829 to 1842. After the death of Dr. John H. Rice,
he was lecturer on theology in the Union Theological
Seminary of Virginia. He died of consumption in 1843.
Dr. Weed said of him, "For twenty years he was dying
of consumption, and knew he was dying of consumption,
still he never ceased to preach while he had strength to
stand in his pulpit"; and the Honorable Ben Butler
testified, "In his theological views Mr. Stanton con-
formed, ex animo, to the standards of the Presbyterian
Church as expounded at Princeton".
From the second class there went forth sixteen men.
John Finley Crowe was pastor in Hanover, Ind., and in
1824 began the school which grew into Hanover College,
with which he was connected until his death in 1860.
From this second class John Todd Edgar went forth
to labor in Kentucky and Tennessee. He was moderator
of the General Assembly in 1842.
Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert, from the second graduat-
ing class, labored in Wilmington, Del. twenty years,
where there is a memorial church bearing his name. He
was president of Dickinson College, pastor in Philadel-
phia, and director of this Seminary for six years.
Elisha Pope Swift was a member of this class. He
labored in Pittsburgh and Allegheny for forty-one years.
He was a professor in the Western University of Penn-
sylvania and instructor in the Western Theological
Seminary. He exerted as wide an influence, left as deep
an impression and did as much constructive work as any
of the great men who have labored in that part of the
country. He founded the missionary society which after-
wards became the present Board of Foreign Missions.
In the third class there were seventeen men. Among
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these was Jeremiah Chamberlain. He founded three col-
leges, one of which was Centre College, Kentucky.
George Washington Gale, a member of this class, led a
colony, from New York state and settled in Illinois,
where his name was given to the town of Galesburg. He
was the founder of Knox College.
Thomas Charlton Henry, of this class, died in 1827,
thirty-eight years of age, but not until he had received
the degree of D.D. from Yale, and had been associated
with the movement that resulted in the founding of Co-
lumbia Theological Seminary of South Carolina.
Sylvester Larned went directly from the Seminary on
a mission to the Indians of the Southwest, and to investi-
gate the religious conditions of the city of New Orleans.
He is described as the most finished orator and the most
effective preacher in America in his day. Wherever it
was known that he was to preach crowds thronged the
churches. People of all classes were attracted by his
preaching in New Orleans and a splendid church build-
ing was erected by popular subscription, and he was
called to be the pastor. He died of yellow fever in New
Orleans on his twenty-fifth birthday. It would be hard
to find any other man of whom such estimates of power
and promise were made.
Samuel Lyle Graham, of the class of 1818, was a mis-
sionary and pastor for seventeen years. Extensive re-
vivals are recorded in the churches in which he preached.
He was elected to the chair of Ecclesiastical History in
the Union Seminary of Virginia in 1838. During his
professorship he continued to preach regularly. When
he was sick with his last illness in 1851, Dr. Rice came
into his room and said, "Dr. Alexander has got home
before you", thus bringing to him the news of the death
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of his dearly beloved teacher. The dying man raised
himself in bed and cried out, " Oh, is it possible % Is it so ?
I had almost shouted 'glory'. Heaven has seldom re-
ceived from earth such an inhabitant. His society in
heaven will be invaluable ' '.
There is not time to pronounce the names of all the
eminent graduates of this Seminary, who have been
known throughout the Church. There have been forty-
two moderators of our Church, and fourteen moderators
of other branches of the Presbyterian Church, making
fifty-six in all. Of the seventy-eight professors in theo-
logical seminaries connected with the General Assembly
of our Church at this time, exactly one-third, or twenty-
six, are graduates of Princeton. There have been one
hundred and twenty-four chaplains in the Army and
Navy. There have gone out four hundred and twenty-five
foreign missionaries who have labored in all the lands
where the Church has thrown its battle lines. There
have been one hundred and three secretaries of the
Boards of our Church and of agencies connected with it.
There have been one hundred and sixty-one presidents
of colleges and universities. There have also been six
hundred and eighty professors and teachers, and sixty-
six editors.
By general consent, perhaps the most eminent
preacher ever sent out from this school was Dr. James
W. Alexander of New York, of the class of 1824.
Albert Barnes, of the class of 1823, was for forty years
the pastor of the First Church of Philadelphia. When
his name was known throughout the English-speaking
world, and his books were printed in tens of thousands,
he died while making a pastoral call on a sick parish-
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Henry A. Boardnian, of the class of 1833, had but one
charge. He was pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia for forty-seven years. He was
moderator of the General Assembly in 1854, and elected
to the chair of Pastoral Theology in Princeton Seminary
in 1853. During his pastorate three thousand four hun-
dred and fifty persons united with his church, fifteen
hundred of them on confession of their faith.
No history of Kentucky could be written without re-
cognizing the influence and the work of the sons of
Princeton. Woven into the civil and ecclesiastical his-
tory of that state are the names of Robert J. Breckin-
ridge and John Breckinridge, John C. Young and Wil-
liam C. Matthews, Nathan L. Rice, Stuart Robinson,
Thomas Cleland, L. W. Green and many others.
Nor would the history of Western Pennsylvania be
complete without the names of Elisha P. Swift, Wm. S.
Plumer, Wm. M. Paxton, M. W. Jacobus and George T.
Purves.
Indeed if there were time to revive the memories of
those who are familiar with the great movements that are
written in our history, the reading of the names of the
men whose influence has been great in the time of crisis
or through long years of service would be sufficient—
James W. Alexander, John C. Backus, for forty-eight
years in Baltimore ; J. Trumbull Backus, for forty-one
years in Schenectady, N. Y. ; George D. Baker, for a
score of years in Philadelphia; Albert Barnes, forty
years in Philadelphia ; Charles C. Beatty, for sixty years
in Steuben ville, Ohio; William Blackburn; Henry A.
Boardman, for forty-seven years in Philadelphia ; Rob 't
J. Breckinridge of Kentucky ; James H. Brookes of St.
Louis; T. W. Chambers, nearly half a century in New
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York City ; William C. Cattell, Joseph Christmas, foun-
der of the American Church in Montreal ; Bishop T. M.
Clark; Richard F. Cleveland (father of a president of
the United States) ; Theodore L. Cuyler, for thirty years
in Brooklyn; Doak of Tennessee; J. T. Duryea, Phile-
mon H. Fowler, Sam'l W. Fisher, P. D. Gurley of Wash-
ington, D. C; Leroy J. Halsey, A. A. Hodge, C. W.
Hodge, E. B. Hodge, F. B. Hodge, William H. Horn-
blower, William Henry Green, Charles K. Imbrie, pas-
tor, secretary and editor ; Sheldon Jackson, Bishop John
Johns, M. W. Jacobus, S. H. Kellogg, John M. Krebs, of
New York ; John C. Lowrie, Willis Lord, Bishop A. N.
Littlejohn, J. M. Ludlow, Erskine Mason, Bishop C. B.
Mcllvaine, David Magie, George W. Musgrave, Thomas
Murphy, N. G. Parke, R. M. Patterson, W. S. Plumer,
S. I. Prime, William M. Paxton, George T. Purves,
Nathan L. Rice, Rendall of Lincoln, David H. Riddle,
Stuart Robinson, Charles S. Robinson, W. D. Snod-
grass, William A. Scott, W. B. Sprague, J. G. Symmes,
E. P. Swift, H. J. Van Dyke, C. Van Rensselaer, Charles
Wadsworth.
It was, of course, my purpose to refrain from speak-
ing of the living men, some of whom have not fallen short
in reputation and service of the greatest of those who
have finished their work. They stand today in places of
importance and usefulness all over the land. I beg to
make two exceptions to the rule adopted.
In "The Presbyterian" of this week is the following
letter from James Park of the class of 1846, the oldest
living graduate of this Seminary :
"I matriculated in the Seminary in September, 1843,
and took the full course, graduating in 1846 ; and, by the
grace of God, through Jesus Christ, have been permitted
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to serve him in the active ministry of the Gospel for
three score years ; and for the past six years to hold the
position of Pastor-emeritus in the congregation in which
I was born, and to which, by its call, I gave the last forty
years of my active ministry.
Now, on the verge of the ninetieth year of my life, the
infirmity of old age denies me the pleasure of being pres-
ent at Princeton's celebration in May. But as long as
life and memory last, my heart and soul shall rise in
praise and gratitude to God for the founding of Prince-
ton Theological Seminary, and, for me, the favor of sit-
ting at the feet of such men as Dr. Archibald Alexander,
Dr. Samuel Miller, Dr. Charles Hodge, and Dr. Joseph
Addison Alexander.
May the good hand of God always, henceforth as
hitherto, be upon thee, 'O Princeton, loved of God and
men' ".
The other exception is that of a graduate of this Semi-
nary who for twenty-six consecutive years has been serv-
ing four country churches in Pennsylvania. His father
preceded him in a pastorate of thirty years in the same
field. The people are poor. The churches are small.
The community is primitive. In these twenty-six years
he has gathered three hundred souls, mostly on confes-
sion of their faith. This is not a large number, to be
sure, but they have been gathered from a scant popula-
tion. In these years these churches have contributed out
of their small resources fifteen thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two dollars for their congregational expenses,
less than six hundred and fifty dollars per year. In the
same time they have contributed eight thousand two hun-
dred and twenty-six dollars through the Boards of the
Church, of which sum forty-three per cent, has gone to
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the cause of foreign missions. But out of that man's
ministry the Church received another contribution. One
son from that charge is a missionary in the home field,
and one son and two daughters are in the foreign field,
and two daughters are now in preparation for the for-
eign field. Strong elders also, serving in prominent
churches and doing active work, were trained under this
man's ministry. Neither earthly honors nor pecuniary
rewards have come to this pastor. He is a representa-
tive of a great number of faithful men who do their work
as unto the Lord.
In all these hundred years Princeton Seminary has
been true to the ideals and standards of its first great
organizers, and it has been loyal to the Word of God.
No student has, by reason of any teaching from any pro-
fessor, had his reverence for or belief in the Word of
God, as the only infallible rule of faith and practice,
weakened or destroyed. No student has here learned to
question the essential deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, or
has lost any of the passionate loyalty of his heart for
Him as Saviour and Lord. No student passes through
these halls without having it impressed upon his heart
and mind and conscience that the only salvation for a
lost world of sinful men is that gospel which is the power
of God unto salvation to all them that believe. Men who
have the spirit of this Seminary go forth to their solemn
calling as preachers of the gospel, caring for the vital
and essential truths of revelation, and putting these
things above the temporal and the accidental.
From this Seminary have been graduated about six
thousand men, the greater part of whom (a little over
half) remain until this present day. From more than
two thousand pulpits every Sabbath day they preach the
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Gospel of Jesus Christ to multitudes of men and women.
Year after year they stand in their places, the broken
ranks being re-filled, proclaiming the everlasting right-
eousness and the infinite love of God. Who can estimate
their influence upon the thought and life of this nation?
Standing this day between the living and the dead,
representing the army of the sons of Princeton, we know
that the thoughts and prayers and sympathy of men
from the East and the West and the North and the South
are turned toward this place and these services. Yea,
may we not also believe that we are surrounded by a
great cloud of witnesses who have finished their labors
on earth, and that they feel there what we say here, "I
thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for
that he counted me faithful, putting me into the min-
istry '"? And we who are here may humbly, reverently
and sincerely add, "and I thank Him that in His
good Providence it was given to me to study the mys-
teries of His grace and the deep things of His Holy
Word in this School of His Prophets at Princeton".
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PBINCETON ON THE MISSION FIELD
ADDRESS
BY EOBEET ELLIOTT SPEEE, D.D.
A Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
THE first name in the biographical catalogue of
Princeton Seminary is just what it ought to be, the
name of a home missionary, John Covert, who entered
the institution at its beginning, pursued the full course,
was graduated with the first class, of 1815, and then
spent the three years of his brief life in the ministry as
a home missionary in South Carolina and Georgia. In
that first class of sixteen students, six names are entered
as names of home missionaries. One of these men, in
love for the unfortunate, gave the last years of his life as
chaplain in our most famous prison. A second, as city
missionary, worked on our most famous city thorough-
fare of human need. The four others were flung in a
long line from Georgia to Wisconsin. And that same
class, as we have already been reminded, gave Dr. Wil-
liam A. McDowell for seventeen years' service as secre-
tary to the Assembly's Board of Home Missions.
There were sixteen men in the second class as well,
and of these sixteen, six also entered home missionary
service, and one out of this class had laid upon him the
work of foreign missions, was ordained in the old Park
Street Church in Boston for that service under the
American Board, but was turned aside from this purpose,
for work first as an agent of the American Board in the
Middle States and then as pastor in Delaware and Penn-
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sylvania. He was the man of faith and of will, as we
shall see, who laid the foundations of the foreign mis-
sionary organization of our Church.
In the first five classes that went out from the Semi-
nary, the first name found on the roll in the biographical
catalogue in each case is the name of a home missionary.
The first foreign missionary who went out from the
Seminary went from the class of 1818, Henry Wood-
ward, to work for fourteen years under the American
Board as a missionary in Ceylon, and from that year,
down to the present, there have been only three classes
in all the long history of the Seminary which have not
made their contributions to the foreign field. And those
three classes, 1820, the class of Bishop Mcllvaine, 1823,
the class of Albert Barnes, and 1842, gave one-third of
their entire membership to the varied forms of home
missionary activity.
We look back today reverently over the long record of
the years. Through these sacred walls there have passed
between five and six thousand men, one-half again as
many as have gone out from any other theological semi-
nary in the land ; and one out of every thirteen of these
men has gone into the foreign field. We may not
say how many have gone into the home mission field, for
not one of all the long list who have wrought here in
America but has woven his life into the character and
destiny, into the very making of our nation. But more
than four hundred and ten men, not counting foreign
students or those who have spent their lives among the
American Indian tribes, have gone to the distinctively
foreign fields of the Church; more than half again as
many as have gone from any other institution in the
land. Oberlin, I believe, leads our theological seminaries
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in the percentage of foreign missionaries, one hundred
and forty-nine out of seven hundred and seventy-three,
or one out of every five and a half of its students, have
gone to the foreign field. As far as I have gathered
information, Princeton Seminary comes next, with
Newton, one out of every thirteen of the students of these
two institutions having gone abroad. In the first quar-
ter of the century of its history Princeton sent forth
fifty men; in the second quarter of the century it sent
seventy-five ; in the third quarter of the century it sent
one hundred; and in the last quarter of the century it
sent two hundred. Up to 1875 it sent one out of every
eighteen of its students abroad ; since 1875 it has sent one
out of nine. Those who talk of Christianity as a spent
force, of the decline of the missionary conviction, are
men who speak in ignorance of the simple facts of this
institution's life.
It is impossible here to do much in the way of singling
out the great missionary classes in the Seminary's his-
tory. The class of 1902 heads the list with the largest
percentage of its matriculated students going out to the
foreign field, thirteen out of fifty-nine,— one out of four
and a half. The two classes that come next, having
sent one out of every five, were the class of 1870 and
the class of 1906. The two classes that come next, hav-
ing sent one out of every six, were the classes of 1869
and 1907.
To man after man here today his own class will come
back. The memory of faces " loved long since and lost
awhile" mingles with the recollection of great lives that
are still being lived. I can only suggest three or four of
these great classes which stand out in the list of the
Seminary's achieving men. There was the class of 1853,
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with Frank F. Ellinwood, pioneer in the field of com-
parative religion, a scholar who was also a statesman,
a leader and a little child, and John Livingston Nevius,
founder of churches, trainer of native leaders, the con-
structive critic of mission policy and beloved philan-
thropist, and Charles F. Preston, the man of the magic
tongue in Southern China, and here at home to ensure
for us a missionary construction of Christianity, Caspar
Wistar Hodge.
There was the class of 1856, which sent out Henry
Martyn Baird for eleven years of useful service as Sec-
retary of the American and Foreign Christian Union;
Samuel R. Gayley to lead a brief and notable life in
northern China ; Charles R. Mills, to lead a life notable
and long, thirty-eight years, in the Province of Shan-
tung, and two saints of God, if any such ever breathed,
Daniel McGilvary and Jonathan Wilson, who lived for
fifty-three years in Siam and among the Lao people. In
the city of Bangkok there came recently to the German
Club a German naturalist who had been studying trees.
" Gentlemen", said he, "you think me to be a skeptic, a
rationalist, but I have read the Bible enough to know
about the person of Jesus Christ, and I want to tell
you that the good old missionary with whom I lodged in
Chieng Mai is more like Jesus Christ than any other
man that I have seen on earth." He was speaking of
Jonathan Wilson, who with his classmate and beloved
brother, Daniel McGilvary, had founded a mission, cre-
ated a literature and made a people. Sweet and pleasant
were they in their lives and in their death they were not
divided.
The class of 1867 rises before our minds. Out of its
seventy matriculates it gave Baldwin to Turkey, But-
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ler to China, Dennis to Syria, Douglas (afterwards
Member of Parliament and Senator in Canada) and
Heyl and Wherry to India, Thomson to Mexico and
Chamberlain to Brazil. It gave Richard C. Morse also
to be the leader of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tions of North America, Dean Griffin to Johns Hopkins
University, Bloomburgh to Lafayette College, Sparhawk
Jones and Henry Stebbins to the home ministry and not
less than eight men to home missionary service.
I think also of the class of 1870, which sent three-fifths
of its membership into the home and foreign field, two-
fifths to be home missionaries and one-fifth foreign.
Nine of its men were scattered over Asia and South
America, five of whom are now on the fields to which
in the first place they went out ; nine men who have spent
over two and one-half centuries in foreign mission
work, with an average of nearly thirty years. Let me
repeat the honorable roll,— MacKay of Formosa, Cham-
bers and Hubbard of Turkey, Howell of Brazil, Imbrie,
Miller and Green of Japan, and Lucas and Seeley of
India. And this class gave us also the present President
of our Board of Foreign Missions, George Alexander,
whose reserve prevents our expressing to his face our
personal affection and for whom accordingly here today
to the Seminary's praise we dare to speak of the Church's
gratitude and regard.
And it is not only the classes that have sent out these
great groups of strong and influential men to mould the
nations at home and abroad of which I would speak. I
recall also the classes which are signalized by the gift of
only some one or two men,— 1863, with Hunter Corbett,
patriarch and apostle, as its only and sufficient foreign
missionary contribution ; the class of 1860, with Charles
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M. Hyde, a foundation layer in the Sandwich Islands;
the class of 1845, with its contribution of John B. French
to China and David Trumbull to Chile, who buried their
lives at the foundation of new nations.
I stood a few years ago with bared head before the
monument in the English cemetery in the city of Val-
paraiso, and read upon it the inscription to David Trum-
bull's memory and career. It was a tribute to the man
who stamped for generations with his high character the
mercantile community of a great city; who gave his life
with great affection to the service of an alien people;
who brought them the great truths of the gospel and
two institutes of human liberty, and who, making the
greatest of all political sacrifices for his adopted coun-
try, transferred to it his citizenship, and passed away m
its grateful confidence and love.
And what David Trumbull and John B. French did
is only typical. Of the twenty-four foreign missions of
the Presbyterian Church, nearly two-thirds had their
foundations laid by men who went out from this Semi-
nary. In Africa the founders were John B. Pmney, of
the class of 1832, who began the work in Liberia, and
Mackey, of the class of 1849, and our honored friend,
Dr. Nassau, whose presence we recognize here today, of
the class of 1859, who were the pioneer builders of the
mission work further south in what is now the German
Kamerun.
In India, John C. Lowrie, of the class of 1833; Mor-
rison, of the class of 1837, "the Lion of the Punjab";
Charles W. Forman, of the class of 1847, and Owen and
Wilson and Janvier and Orbison and Loewenthal, the
linguistic genius, were the founders. Truer men than
these never were in these halls, nor wrought for God
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anywhere in the world. Far above the names of states-
men, the names of these men are written. Many of
them will be remembered forever in the annals of the
land that they served. And this is no partial judgment
uttered in the warmth of this anniversary ; it is the judg-
ment of a great Indian Governor, W. Mackworth Young,
uttered when he came home from his service as Lieuten-
ant Governor of the Punjab. He called attention to the
great names which the Punjab bore on its roll of honor,
such statesmen as John and Henry Lawrence, Herbert
Edwardes, Donald McLeod, who "honored God by their
lives and endeared themselves to the people by their
faithful work," but he added, "I venture to say that if
they could speak to us from the great unseen there is
not one of them who would not proclaim that the work
done by men like Clark and French, Newton and For-
man, who went in and out among the people for a whole
generation and who preached by their lives the nobility
of self-sacrifice and the lesson of love to God and man is
a higher and nobler work and more far reaching in its
consequences".
I think of the long list of men who went out from
Princeton to China from the very beginning, Mitchell,
'30, Orr, '36, Lowrie, '41, French, '45, and Loomis and
i^M. S. Culbertson, of the class of 1844. The latter laid
down his commission in the United States Army, and his
professorship in West Point Academy, that in answer to
his mother's prayer and the call of God, he might come
here to fit himself for missionary service. He was one
of the great foundation layers in the port cities at the
mouth of the Yangtse and it was he who did much to
protect Shanghai in the face of the Taiping Rebels.
When the American minister said to him, during the
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Civil War, "Culbertson, you might be a Major-General
if you were at home now," Culbertson replied, "Doubt-
less I might; men whom I taught are in that position,' '
and he named Newton, Rosecrans, Thomas and Sherman,
and Tower and Van Vliet, and he might have added
Lyon and Reynolds and Grant. "But," he added, "I
would not change places with one of them; I consider
that there is no post of influence on earth equal to that
of a man who is permitted to preach the Gospel to four
hundred millions of his fellow-men".
We recall Stephen Mattoon, of the class of 1846, and
Stephen Bush, of the class of 1848, who laid the founda-
tions of missionary work in Siam, and who began the
political relations of Siam with the western nations.
The United States Government's treaty with Siam was
negotiated in 1856, and Dr. Wood of the embassy wrote
that "the unselfish kindness of the American mission-
aries, their patience, sincerity and faithfulness, have won
the confidence and esteem of the natives and, in some
degree, transferred those sentiments to the nation repre-
sented by the missionary and prepared the way for the
free and national intercourse now commencing. It was
very evident that much of the apprehension they felt in
taking upon themselves the responsibilities of a treaty
with us would be diminished if they could have the Rev.
Mr. Mattoon as the first United States Consul to set the
treaty in motion. " In 1871, the Regent of Siam frankly
told Mr. Seward, the United States Consul-General at
Shanghai, "Siam has not been disciplined by English
and French guns, as China has, but the country has been
opened by missionaries."
The motion to open our Church 's mission in Japan was
made by James W. Alexander, in the Board Meeting on
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January 8th, 1859, and not less than ten graduates of
the Seminary have labored in this mission.
We think of the seven men, who, in Mexico and Colom-
bia and Chile, and the Argentine and Brazil, laid the
foundations of our modern missionary activities, Parvin,
'21, in Buenos Ayres ; Trumbull, '45, in Chile ; Fletcher,
'50, and Simonton, '58, in Brazil; Pratt, '55, in Colom-
bia ; and Pitkin, '66, and Thomson, '67, in Mexico. And
I might go on and on, but the roll is too long in glory
and honor for us to do more than simply glance at its
lustre today.
And it is not only on fields far away that the great
creative work has been done. We have been already
reminded of the men, who, at home, in the pastorate and
home mission service, stirred the great moral forces
which have dominated the life of the nation, and have
lifted up and taken down again from their pinnacles the
little statesmen of a day. But we must think also of the
great mass of men, back of these, whose names are not
written visibly on the roll, who in quietness and obscur-
ity, did the great work of God in the dark, and laid the
foundations for the walls of the nation's temple. But
here and there stands out the name of some unique char-
acter among them ; Sheldon Jackson, for example, of the
class of 1858, who, two generations ago, was agent of the
American Systematic Beneficence Committee, and in
three months canvassed the land from New York to
Leavenworth. On one Saturday, he visited ten pastors,
and the next day preached to four denominations. We
think systematic beneficence a discovery of our own time,
but there are few ideas stirring the church in its organ-
ized life today which the fathers did not know two or
three generations since. Jackson came to the Seminary
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when there was whispering through all these halls the
summons of our martyred dead in the Indian mutiny.
His large heart heard the whispering voice and obeyed.
There was a real student volunteer band here then,
which Jackson at once joined. He offered himself to the
Foreign Board for Syria, Siam or Bogota, but was sent
to the Choctaws, to pass on from them to the Christian
Commission in the Civil War, then to work in the western
states, then to the great northwest, then to Alaska. On
the frontiers of the nation's life, he wrought his creative
and enduring work, far away, as Frances Willard wrote
to him, "on the distant edge of things, where God's most
friendless children turn towards you their eyes of pathos
and of hope".
One after another, we remember men like him today,
who, taught by their old Mother here that duty is a long
loyalty, and that there are no short terms in the service
of the Kingdom of God, have laid out ample lives in the
age-long work of building the church on earth. I think
of fourteen men who went out to the mission field, whose
terms of missionary service aggregate seven hundred
years. Some of these are living now : J. M. W. Farnham,
of the class of 1859, the oldest foreign missionary gradu-
ate of the Seminary, still working after 53 years, in
Shanghai; John Wherry, of the class of 1861, a pioneer
of the North China Mission; Andrew Watson, of the
same class, a father and guide of the remarkable mission
of the United Presbyterian Church in Egypt. The list
would include P. J. Gulick, of 1828, for 52 years a mis-
sionary in Hawaii and Japan, G. W. Wood, of 1837, for
48 years a missionary in Turkey, W. W. Scudder, of
1846, for 48 years a missionary in India, and C. C. Bald-
win, of 1847," for 47 years a missionary in China. I have
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not been curious to make the calculation, but I suppose
we should find it to be literally true that the years of
foreign missionary life given by the sons of this institu-
tion would be equivalent to the time of two men preach-
ing the gospel from the hour of our Lord's birth down
to this present day.
And I can count six home missionary men whose terms
of service aggregate over three hundred years ; Porter,
'31, founder of the church at Fort Dearborn, now the
First Church of Chicago, for 50 years a home missionary
worker; Lewis Thompson, '40, of Oregon and Califor-
nia, who gave 57 years of service ; Allen H. Brown, '43,
of New Jersey, with 67 years ; Thomas Fraser, '45, of the
Synod of Pacific, with 48 years; David C. Lyon, '45,
Synodical Missionary in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Da-
kota, with 48 years ; and H. M. Robertson, '48, of Wis-
consin, with 41 years. The Seminary has been wont to
send out from these walls men who believed that the
work into which they went was not work that called for
part of life for a little time, but who knew that God asked
for all that He had given or might give.
And beyond these men are the many who have had no
joy of half -century service! How many of them will
come back to our memories here today! I can think,
looking down on your faces, of name after name, of year
after year, coming back to you now. How the dear mem-
ories glow, of the younger men to whom came no such
privilege as the joy of the long, long work of which we
have been thinking; Gerald Dale of Syria, who burned
his short life out in fourteen years, "the model scholar,
the model Christian, the model gentleman of Princeton
Seminary", as Dr. Charles Hodge described him; Albert
Whiting who laid down his life in China and at whose
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grave the Chinese knelt down to worship; and Edson
Lowe, of the class of '85, whose memory is cherished wor-
shipfully still in the capital of Chile, and one I will dare
to mention, just one, who is living still, quietly, simply,
doing his work far off in a distant field, John N. Forman
of India, but for whom some of us would not be here to-
day but would be doing our work in other places, and
fulfilling our duty in other callings. It is worth while
remembering what one life or two can do, when we note
in the history of this Seminary that prior to the work
which that little company of men in the modern student
missionary crusade accomplished, only one out of eigh-
teen of our students went to the foreign field, while since
the year 1886, one out of every nine has gone.
There are more sacred memories even than these that
throng upon us. I stopped in on my way here to stand
again before the tablet in Stuart Hall that commemo-
rates the half dozen sons of this Seminary who met with
tragic death : Freeman, '38, and McMullin, '54, who laid
down their lives on the parade grounds at Cawnpore;
Walter Lowrie, '41, and John Rogers Peale, '05, the first
and the last, in China; Janvier, '40, andLoewenthal, '54,
who died in northwestern India ; McChesney, '69, whose
name is not on the tablet, who died for Christ on the
waters of southern China. After this, you remember,
the tablet says, "Of these the world was not worthy."
And as I stood reading the names once more with the
brief and simple record, there came flashing through my
mind what Dr. Mackay will remember, the monument
that stands in front of the Parliament Buildings in the
city of Ottawa, the great brown granite boulder, and the
exquisite figure of Sir Galahad standing upon it, and
underneath, the bronze tablet that describes the heroic
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death of Henry Harper, as lie tried to save another's life
in the waters of the Ottawa in the winter time. Galahad
is standing with his head thrown back, as though he
looked far beyond the black swirling waters of the Ot-
tawa, to the fair hills of Paradise, and the life laid up
there for those who here their lives laid down for men.
And below the lovely figure and the lovely face is the
simple inscription, "And Galahad said, 'If I lose my life,
I save my life. ' ' ' The old Mother taught many of her
sons that great fidelity.
And we turn from the service that the Seminary has
given in the missionary activities of our own Church for
just a moment to mark what she has done for other
Christian bodies. I suppose not less than one quarter
of the students of the Seminary who have gone out to
the foreign field, have gone in connection with other
Christian organizations. Prior to the year 1837, Prince-
ton gave thirty-nine men to the American Board ; twelve
of them to the Sandwich Islands alone, among them
Richard Armstrong, the father of Samuel Chapman
Armstrong, surely one of the most notable characters of
the last generation in our land ; not less than twenty or
thirty to our sister Church of the South; MacKay of
Formosa to the Church of Canada ; Wood to the Dutch
Reformed Church of South Africa; Watson and Mc-
Clenahan to the United Presbyterian Church ; Scudder
and Miller and Van Ess and others to the Dutch Re-
formed Church of the United States ; Stevenson to the
Irish Presbyterian Church, and other men to the New
Hebrides and Manchuria. The Seminary has not been
narrow-minded in her ministry to the Church of God
throughout all the world.
There is time only to allude to those general gifts which
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the Seminary has made through her sons to the litera-
ture of missions. It would not be easy to repeat the long
list of men who have made these contributions and the
great books which they have given to the Church. I must
be content with singling out only five. William M.
Thompson, '32, author of "The Land and the Book",
still perhaps the most charming and authoritative book
on the Holy Land; R. H. Nassau, '59, author of the
unique and authoritative book on "Fetichism in West
Africa"; James S. Dennis, '67, who wrote a standard
apologetic treatise, showing what Christianity is and
alone can do, demonstrating its divine origin by its actual
social effects throughout the world ; Samuel H. Kellogg,
'64, as bright a genius as ever went out from these walls,
a student of comparative religion and author of what is
to this day the best statement of our Christian faith as
contrasted with Buddhism in "The Light of Asia and the
Light of the World ; ' ' and John Livingston Nevius, '53,
whose book on "China and the Chinese" was the best
book of the time on China, and who wrote a little book on
missionary methods which has made a deeper impression
than any other book on missionary policy and principle
throughout the mission field. And if one were to turn
from all this to the educational foundations laid for the
good of the whole Christian Church by the men who have
gone out from this Seminary, he would only pile up the
debt which the Church of Christ in all the world owes to
those who have taught in these walls.
I must speak before closing of what the Seminary has
given to the work of missionary administration. Seven
secretaries for the Board of Home Missions have gone
out from this institution. With two brief intervals, T
believe that for eighty years the administration of our
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home missionary work has been in the hands of gradu-
ates of this institution. And the Congregational Church
has drawn two of its home missionary administrators
from our Alumni roll, and the Baptist Publication So-
ciety one, while many agents have been provided for
other missionary activities at home. If we turn to our
own Foreign Missionary Board, every President and
Chairman of our Executive Committee from the founda-
tion down to this day, has been either a graduate or a
director or a teacher in this institution ; Samuel Miller
was the first President of the Board, and William Phil-
lips the first Chairman of the Executive Committee and
these have been followed by James Lenox, William
Adams, William M. Paxton, John D. Wells and George
Alexander. Of the ten secretaries of our Board of For-
eign Missions, five have been students of this institution,
and two of the other five sent their sons here. There has
never been a day since our foreign missionary work
began when a son of this institution has not been carry-
ing responsibilities for our missionary policies. And
what the Seminary has done for us in these regards, she
has done also for other Churches as well. She has given
two foreign mission secretaries to the American Board
and five to the American and Foreign Christian Union,
one to the Irish Presbyterian Church, one to the United
Presbyterian Church, one to the Southern Presbyterian
Church, and twenty-three assistant secretaries and
agents. And last of all, the Seminary gave from its
second class that one life to which Dr. McEwan re-
ferred at the beginning, one of the best gifts God ever
made to our Church, the life of Elisha P. Swift. Swift
was born in 1792 in Williamstown. He was a lad of
fifteen at the time of the " Haystack Prayer-meeting".
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He came here to Princeton, and took his theological
course, and was then ordained as a foreign missionary
by the American Board, but was turned away from that
ambition to serve the Board as an agent at home, and
then to settle first in the church in Dover, Delaware,
where Samuel Miller was born, and later in the Second
Presbyterian Church in the city of Pittsburgh. From
that pulpit, he blew the trumpet that rallied around him
and the Synod of Pittsburgh the forces which were to
bring into being the organized foreign missionary life
of our Church.
And what Swift did may suggest best the few things
I have to say, in closing, of the general convictions, the
great missionary conceptions for which the Seminary
has stood. From the beginning she adopted and made
her own Elisha Swift's principle that the missionary
enterprise was not an optional thing to be carried on by
volunteer organizations in which the individual Chris-
tian man had his choice of participating or not, but that
the missionary enterprise at home and abroad was the
Church's first and organic obligation. We have a state-
ment of Swift's view and a specimen of his logic in a
paper of his in which he pours scorn on the idea that the
church courts are for routine business and for litigation,
but not for the corporate prosecution of the Church's
chief business which is missions. "On what appoint-
ment, ' ' says the writer, ' ' do pastors and elders sit in the
house of God and hold the keys of the Kingdom of
Heaven, but that which commissions them to go and dis-
ciple all nations P If, at the bar of such courts, by the
very fact of their lawful existence, the perishing heathen
have no right to sue out the payment of a Kedeemer's
mercy, then the most material object of their sitting is
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cancelled; and that neglected, starving portion of man-
kind, who enter with a specific claim, are turned out to
find relief by an appeal to the sympathy of particular
disciples. Will 'the Head of all principality and power'
stay in judicatories where the laws of His kingdom are
so expounded? Until something more is done for the
conversion of the nations, what article on the docket of
business can be relevant at any meeting, if this is not?
Shall a worthless, unsound delinquent be told that, ac-
cording to the Word of God, and the constitution of the
Church, he has a right to come and consume hours of
time in trifling litigation ; and shall a world of benighted
men, who have received as yet no hearing, and no mercy,
and no information that Jesus has left a deposit for them
also, be turned over to the slow and uncertain compas-
sion of individuals 1"
Dr. Lowrie has told us that Samuel Miller was one of
the first to make a contribution for the new Western
Foreign Missionary Society, which embodied Swift's
principle. And beginning with the year 1837, the whole
stream of the Seminary's foreign missionaries was
turned toward the church activity of our own body. The
theological issue between the Old and the New School
entered in, I know, but also I know that the Seminary
believed in Swift's conception. And we owe to these men,
and most of all to Swift, what is our most priceless pos-
session to-day, the recognition of the missionary obliga-
tion as the inalienable duty of the entire Church, the con-
ception of the whole Church as a missionary society, of
which every member of the Church is a member by virtue
of his relationship to the Church herself.
We owe to these men and to the old institution not only
this clear perception of the church theory of missions,
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but also a large and courageous faith. Younger men are
wont to think that the great visions are theirs, but our
fathers were young men in their day, and what is more,
they were men of God and seers in the Spirit, and they
had their great visions too. I have been reading in the
earliest records of our Board (for this is its seventy-fifth
anniversary) the purposes cherished in the establish-
ment of its first missions. Swift planned for stations
across Africa when the interior of the continent was un-
known. The missionaries went to Calcutta under in-
structions that they were not to stay there ; they were to
go northwest as far as they could go. It was hoped that
they could plant their stations in the Vale of Kashmir,
cross the roof of the world and press on to the far shores
of Lake Baikal; they were not to be content till there
should be opened a Christian mission station where none
has been opened to this day, in Kabul of Afghanistan.
We owe it to the fathers who went before us to stand
afraid before no opportunity and flinch at no call.
From the very beginning, they taught us also the glory
of a great and unswerving fidelity. For twelve years, Ste-
phen Mattoon and Stephen Bush labored in Siam, before
they had their first convert. At the end of six years, the
missionaries numbered sixteen in Ningpo, and they had
six Chinese converts. The men who have gone out from
these halls have always known the duty of staying by
duty until the sun went down. They were taught that
God was patient, and that His servants need not be
anxious or afraid.
And I dare even to say also, that these men learned
somewhere (maybe the old Mother did not know that she
was giving it to them, but in the pure milk of the gospel
which they drew from her breasts, it must have come to
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them) that what we hold which is peculiar is less impor-
tant than what we hold in common with all Christian
men. From the beginning the sons of the Seminary have
striven faithfully for what a few minutes ago we were
praying,— the unity of Christ's Church on earth. Men
were taught here that there is no chasm between the dif-
ferent forms of missionary service, that the whole
Church must some day and everywhere be made one
mighty army, and they went out to Mexico and Brazil, to
Japan and China and India, cherishing the dream from
far across the hills of the day that is waiting, when the
desire of the Saviour's heart shall be fulfilled, when,
united to Him, the sin of our schisms shall be over and
we shall all be gathered together in one, as He and His
Father are one.
And lastly, the Seminary has always sought to breed
in her sons a dauntless and unf earing supernaturalism.
The missionary enterprise is too vast for a mere human
will to sustain. Its difficulties, its necessities, its prob-
lems, its ideals, call for God. Its sufficiency is in Him
alone. Here men learned that God was "in the begin-
ning" and that God stands back of the end. With God
and by God and for God such men have dared all things,
and have not fainted or grown weary.
With all this in our past, my friends, what may there
not be in our future, if we, to whom this past has been
given, do not lie down to sleep upon our great tradition,
but answering its summons and its call, rise up to greet
the new day which is entreating us, in the spirit in
which James Alexander and Elisha Swift would greet it
—this new day with its unprecedented world situation
which confronts us, which is God's gift to us, and not
God's gift only, but God's test of our worthiness to be
the heirs and executors of such a past %
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PBINCETON IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
AND RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
ADDRESS
BY THE EEVEEEND WILLIAM HALLOCK JOHNSON, Ph.D.
Professor of Greek and New Testament Literature and Exegesis
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Mr. President, Fellow Alumni, Ladies and Gentlemen:
ONE thought is in every mind today, one sentiment in
every heart, one word upon every tongue : Prince-
ton the mother of us all !
The history of Princeton Seminary for the past one
hundred years constitutes an important chapter in the
history of the Christian Church. That chapter, if fully
written, would contain many sacred passages from indi-
vidual biographies. It would tell of the aspirations and
vows of Christian parents as they dedicated a beloved
son to the work of the ministry ; it would tell of the devel-
opment in the growing boy of a holy purpose to serve
God in the gospel of His Son ; it would tell of the deepen-
ing of thought and experience and the strengthening of
purpose and conviction in the three years of the Prince-
tonian Arabia ; it would tell of the fruitful years of ser-
vice and sacrifice for church and country in the pulpit at
home, and in laying the foundations of Christian civili-
zation abroad, in that work of spiritual imperialism
which Mr. Winston Churchill of England has spoken of
as the glory of the Anglo-Saxon race, and which is the
glory of any race or any institution privileged to have a
large share in it.
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Our hearts have been stirred as we have listened to the
eloquent story of what Princeton men have accomplished
in the home pulpit and on the mission field. The thought
has come to me, how abundantly have the wisdom of the
founders of this Seminary, the devoted labors of its
Faculty and governing boards, and the generosity of its
benevolent friends been justified by the result. They
builded better than they knew. Where, from a business
standpoint, could one find a better investment of money %
Where, for every dollar invested, has there been a richer
return in lasting and far-reaching influence for good ?
The theme assigned to me this afternoon will, I fear,
seem rather scholastic after addresses which have car-
ried us up upon the heights ; but I beg you to remember,
when thinking of the achievements of Princeton Alumni,
the good Presbyterian doctrine, "What have I that I
have not received?" The fond mother feels that she is
responsible for the successes of her children, and Prince-
ton may well rejoice today in the service of her sons, and
may even sympathize a little with the feelings of Nebu-
chadnezzar, when he said, " Is this not great Babylon that
I have builded % ' ', without being guilty of the deadly sin of
pride. You may say that Princeton men were originally
endowed with those qualities which would ensure minis-
terial success, even if they had gone to some other semi-
nary. This is no doubt true, but Princeton is responsible
for two things : she has attracted to herself men of large
mental and spiritual calibre, and she has given them a
training upon which success has in multitudes of cases,
as we have heard, been built. I believe that there is a
causal connection between the Princeton training and the
ministerial success, whether causation be construed in
terms of uniform sequence with the Humeian philo-
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sophy, or in terms of power or efficiency with Dr. McCosh,
and with Professor Ormond, who has trained genera-
tions of theological students in the principles of a sound
philosophy.
How shall we estimate the value of Princeton's con-
tribution to theological education 1 Adopting the quanti-
tative method, we might speak of Princeton 's age, of the
number of her graduates and of the number of these
engaged in theological education. As the oldest semi-
nary of the Presbyterian Church, Princeton has natu-
rally exerted a profound influence over theological edu-
cation. In the South, the Union Seminary of Richmond
was founded soon after Princeton by men from the Log
College, and the founders of Columbia Seminary set be-
fore them the goal of making that institution "the
Princeton of the South"; while in the North, such insti-
tutions as McCormick, Western, Lane, Danville, Lincoln
and San Francisco were founded by Princeton men or
had Princeton men among their earliest instructors.
Princeton, it has been said, cannot be jealous of the pros-
perity of these younger institutions, because they are in
a large measure her own offspring. As the pioneer
among the seminaries of the Presbyterian Church she
has blazed the path which others have followed.
Princeton is not only the oldest Presbyterian theologi-
cal school; she is, in the number of her graduates and
former students, the largest school for theological educa-
tion, of any name, 1 in America. Some five thousand eight
hundred men have studied within her walls, her nearest
competitor being the Southern Baptist Seminary of
Louisville, Ky., with a total of about four thousand and
1 "The total number of students up to 1910 was 5,742, of whom 3,076 were liv-
ing" (J. H. Dulles in New Schaff-Herzog Encyc, Vol. XI., p. 374).
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fifty matriculates. 1 Some one hundred and eight of her
graduates have been teachers in the Presbyterian schools
of theology in this country, while others have taught in
other divinity schools, here and abroad, among them Dr.
McCurdy, of Toronto, Dr. Jacobus, of Hartford, and one
who for many years was the only native American to
occupy a full professorship in a German university—
Dr. Caspar Rene Gregory, of Leipsic, soon to give to the
world the fruit of a lifetime of study in a great critical
edition of the Greek New Testament. Of the theological
teachers in our Presbyterian seminaries, almost one-
third are Princeton graduates. Of these, there are two
in Auburn, one in Western, one in Kentucky, five in Mc-
Cormick, one in San Francisco, three in Lincoln, one in
Newark, and four in Omaha. The distinguished presi-
dents of McCormick and Omaha Seminaries, as well as
of Princeton Seminary, are Princeton graduates.
Dr. Patton, I believe, has recently expressed the desire
that he might be at the head of a school for the training
of college presidents, but if he would study the statistics,
he would find that his ambition is already gratified. We
cannot think of Washington and Jefferson, for example,
without thinking of Dr. Moff at, nor of Wooster Univer-
sity without thinking of Dr. Holden, whose energy has
raised it from its ashes. And what would Lincoln Uni-
versity be without the forty-six years of splendid service
and sacrifice of J)r. Isaac N. Rendall % Some of the hon-
ored guests from abroad may have been accustomed to
think of Princeton as merely a center of theological
learning. Now, certainly, they realize that the term
Princeton has a wider extension ; and those of us who are
1 This is the estimate of President E. Y. Mullins. Andover reported a total of
3,538 students up to 1908.
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Princeton men in a double sense rejoice in the fact that
a graduate of Princeton Seminary, Dr. John Grier
Hibben, is, in a few days, to be formally installed as the
head of the great University whose hospitality we enjoy
today.
Beside theological and college teachers, Princeton has
contributed to the Presbyterian Church fifty-six modera-
tors of General Assemblies, and five bishops to the Prot-
estant Episcopal Church, Bishops Mcllvaine, Johns,
T. M. Clark, A. N. Little John and J. H. Darlington. She
has not, as yet, produced a Pope, but has trained three
stated clerks of the General Assembly.
The specific quality of Princeton's influence in theo-
logical education is traceable to two causes : the person-
ality of Princeton's teachers and the high standard of
her theological course.
History, it has been said, is the biography of the
world's great men. The history of Princeton is the
record of her great teachers, of the patriarchs and
prophets who laid the foundations of the Seminary, and
of those who so skilfully and so devotedly have built
upon these foundations. The secret of long life and pros-
perity is said to be found in the choice of a sound an-
cestry, and no institution has been more fortunate in its
spiritual progenitors.
An estimate of the four great men who have left the
impress of their personality not only upon this Semi-
nary, but directly or indirectly upon so many in the
Presbyterian ministry, was given me recently by the
graduate of the Seminary who is oldest in years, Dr.
David Tully, of Media, Pa., of the class of 1850. 1 Dr. A.
1 Eev. James Park, of Knoxville, Tenn., of the class of 1846, is the oldest in
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Alexander had "the keenness of a Kentucky rifle-man in
his insight into spiritual experience"; Dr. Addison
Alexander was ' ' a whirlwind as a teacher and preacher ' ' ;
Dr. Samuel Miller was "a prince in church history and
the Chesterfield of the Presbyterian Church"; and Dr.
Charles Hodge was "the greatest analytical mind that
this country has produced, certainly since the days of
Jonathan Edwards." The same authority says that he
never knew any group of men who could "state truth
so clearly and defend it so ably."
The gifts of God to the theological seminary are first
teachers, then scholars, then preachers. Often in Prince-
ton's history these three offices have been happily united
in the same man, but always she has included within her
Faculty some of the greatest preachers, the most gifted
teachers and the prof oundest scholars of the Christian
Church in America. Her Faculty has often been re-
cruited from men prominent in the pastorate and pulpit.
Two, for example, both famous as models of pulpit elo-
quence, were taken from the pastorate of the First Pres-
byterian Church, New York. One of these was Dr.
William M. Paxton, to me a beloved pastor as well as
teacher ; and in his pulpit in boyhood days I have heard
the thoughtful and spiritual sermons of Drs. A. A. and
C. W. Hodge. The other was Dr. Samuel Miller, of
whom history records that he preached occasionally be-
fore the Tammany Society, once on the Fourth of July,
upon the theme, "Christianity, the Grand Source and
the Surest Basis of Political Liberty." Two Princeton
professors have been called to the pulpit of the Fifth
Avenue Church, Dr. J. W. Alexander and Dr. Purves.
In student days, we regarded Dr. Purves' Sunday night
sermons as a regular part, and not the least important
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part, of our theological course, while a sermon by Dr.
Patton was in student days (and was yesterday) more
than a sermon— an event in our intellectual and spiritual
history.
The two great pillars in the temple of Princeton were
Drs. Archibald Alexander and Samuel Miller. Prince-
ton's history is but the lengthening shadow of these two
great teachers, leaders of the church and devoted ser-
vants of God. Even to enumerate the distinguished
teachers who have followed them would be impossible in
this address. Dr. Addison Alexander, teacher, linguist,
commentator, preacher, signally gifted in all these roles,
was an intellectual and spiritual giant, of whom it has
been said that "to have possessed any one faculty in
the measure in which he possessed all, would have been
enough to constitute a man of mark." How shall we do
justice to the memory of Dr. Charles Hodge in the pres-
ence of many who have sat under his instruction and
revere his memory? Even among his colleagues in
Princeton, Dr. Hodge stands out, like Agamemnon, pre-
eminent among many and foremost among heroes.
Measured by the number of students that he taught
(some three thousand) or by the years of his service, or
by the depth and permanence of his influence in molding
conviction and shaping character, or by the affection and
veneration felt for him by successive classes of students,
or by the persistence of his influence in the generation
since his death through the use of his published works
as text-books in most of the seminaries of the Presby-
terian faith, Dr. Hodge stands out as easily the foremost
theological teacher in the Christian churches of America.
We cannot speak in detail of those contributions to
theological scholarship which have caused the name of
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Princeton to be known and respected in all parts of the
learned world. The richest contribution which the
scholar can make to the world of sacred learning is per-
haps a learned and devout commentary upon some great
book of the Bible. To unfold the rich treasures of Scrip-
ture through exegesis is its best defence. Drs. Addison
Alexander and Charles Hodge did not anticipate all the
discoveries and discussions of later years, but their com-
mentaries are still widely studied, and may be studied
with profit as examples of thorough scholarship, sound
judgment in exegesis, and spiritual insight. Exposi-
tion of the Scriptures has in Princeton ever led to theo-
logical construction : theology without exegesis, to adapt
Kant's well-known phrase, is empty; exegesis without
theology is blind. Upon the writings of Princeton men
in systematic theology a large part of her reputation
may be said to rest. In other departments, such as phil-
ology and archaeology, Biblical introduction, apologet-
ics, church history, church polity, Biblical theology,
ethics and philosophy of religion, Princeton has kept
abreast of, and helped to advance, the scholarship of
her day. The founders of the Seminary and their de-
scendants by ordinary generation and spiritual inheri-
tance have exerted a steady stream of influence through
books, pamphlets, addresses, articles in periodicals and
Bible dictionaries. "The Princeton Review," insepara-
bly associated, under its several titles, with the names of
Alexander, Hodge, Dr. Green and Dr. Warfield, has been
recognized for three generations as the foremost organ
of the Reformed faith; it has been an engine of power
in the church and the country, " spreading the fame of
Princeton among the nations." To the contributions of
her own scholars must be added those of her occasional
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lecturers upon the ' ' Stone ' ' and other foundations. The
list includes such names as those of Drs. Storrs, Mark
Hopkins and Henry J. Van Dyke, of America ; of Drs.
Flint and Orr, and Sir William M. Ramsay, of Scotland ;
and Drs. Kuyper and Bavinck, of Holland; together
with many names notable in the world of missionary
literature.
The influence of Princeton's teachers has been felt
wherever the gospel has been preached by Princeton men.
The secret of her influence in theological education has
been the succession of apostolic men who have occupied
her professorial chairs. These have been men who have
magnified their office, not content merely to give formal
instruction in the truths and doctrines of the Word, but
ambitious to inspire as well as to instruct, to animate
with zeal for the work of the Kingdom, and to set before
their students a strong and attractive example of Chris-
tian and ministerial manhood.
Another reason for the prestige and influence of
Princeton as a school of the prophets has been her high
standard of ministerial training. We have been passing
through a period of educational transition and perhaps
of confusion. The wonderful development and ever-
extending boundaries of the sciences, the obvious utility
of scientific study as a preparation for many vocations
in life, the relative depreciation of the classics, the de-
mands of a not infallible, but very human student body,
seeking the line of least resistance, the development of
elective courses, the application of candidates for the
ministry without classical training, the marked popular
interest in sociological questions growing out of our in-
dustrial organization and the progress of democracy, all
of these causes have had their effect upon the theory and
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the actual arrangement of our theological curricula.
Coupled with these changes in general educational pol-
icy, have been changes within the theological field itself,
affecting the traditional views of the Bible and of its
doctrines, and so of the gospel which ought to be
preached. We are met with the question : Why not dis-
pense with the dead languages and the dry bones of scho-
lastic theology, and study the living problems of the day ?
Why not take this sorry theological scheme of things—
this curriculum— entire, and shatter it to bits, and then
remold it nearer to the heart's desire?
I know that we are here on controversial ground, and
that every seminary has its own problems, and must
decide for itself how it may best serve the church and the
cause of ministerial education. I congratulate Prince-
ton Seminary, however, upon reaching her one hun-
dredth anniversary without finding it necessary to make
her theological course any easier, or to change the prin-
ciple upon which that course is organized. In the midst
of changing conditions and theories, Princeton has stood
her ground requiring a high standard of admission,
requiring for graduation a knowledge of Hebrew and of
Greek, and requiring exegesis in the original tongues.
Those hours of Hebrew in the junior year are indeed
for the average student a hill of difficulty, but it is good
to bear the yoke and to endure a little intellectual hard-
ship. The mental discipline itself is not to be despised,
and may help the preacher in later years as he grapples
with a difficult text, and says, "I will not let thee go,
except thou bless me." The short cut into the ministry,
it is well to remember, may lead to the short cut out of
the ministry, and the road may be made so smooth and
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easy as to lead readily into the by-paths of a real estate
and insurance agency.
In these days of specialized Biblical criticism, it would
be certainly a misfortune if the decision of Biblical
questions should be taken out of the hands of the minis-
try, and relegated to a learned and cloistered caste. Crit-
ical discussions about the Pentateuch or the Psalms, or
Isaiah or the Synoptic problem can only be appreciated
by those who have some knowledge of the ancient lan-
guages. It is not necessary that the preacher should be
a specialist in philology, but it is desirable that the min-
istry, to whom are committed the oracles of God, should
have in their hands the instruments of scholarship, and
be able for themselves to " search the scriptures whether
these things are so."
In a scientific age, it will be a serious handicap to the
preacher not to be able to refer to the fundamental docu-
ments of his faith. The necessity of the ancient lan-
guages in a theological course stands or falls, indeed,
in my opinion, with the importance of exegesis, and our
estimate of the importance of exegesis is bound up with
our views of the authority and inspiration of the Scrip-
tures. If there is no water of life, there is no need to
draw from the fountain of the original text. If the
preacher is not to preach the Word, his time will be
wasted in studying the languages in which it was writ-
ten. But the preacher, who believes that only in the
Bible can he find his message for the salvation of men
and the good of society, will wish to know all he can
about the Bible. He will shrink from no labor which
may make him a " workman that needeth not to be
ashamed. " Whatever the changes of the future, I hope.
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that in these days of higher standards of professional
preparation, Princeton will not let down the bars in def-
erence to the clamor for an easier course.
Our hope and dream for Princeton is that with ex-
panding resources, she should offer, in some way, as
extra-curriculum or elective, or fourth year or graduate
courses, all the subjects which might be taught by the
theological university. Let her offer courses in all the
religions, and in all the languages, in all the philosophies,
in all the Biblical books, in all the doctrines, in all the
periods of church history, in the philosophy and psy-
chology of religion, in ethics and economics and sociol-
ogy. Let her send out Oberlins into the country churches
who shall improve the roads and the schools and the
methods of agriculture. Let her send out sociological
experts, men with the modern outlook upon social prob-
lems, and able to apply the most exact and scientific
methods to their study and to their solution. Let there
be courses that will give to the foreign missionary a
specialized training for his work. Let elocution be em-
phasized so that the preacher, on fire with his message,
may deliver it in a manner commensurate with his theme.
Let the circumference of the course be as wide as pos-
sible, but let the center, about which and upon which all
else shall be built, be the study of the Bible. Thus will
the Seminary give to the preacher a message large
enough to fill his heart and mind, and great and impor-
tant enough to carry to the ends of the earth.
Courses in psychology of religion, in religious educa-
tion and in ethics will be attractive and useful to the
preacher, and other studies, in history, literature, sci-
ence and philosophy, will be broadening and helpful.
But in the name of efficiency, let us put the most impor-
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tant things first. Let us not crowd in the squash courts
and Turkish baths and palm gardens, if we have to
crowd out the life-boats.
I have seen efficient ministers without scholastic train-
ing—Paul had more training in the schools than Peter;
but I never saw an efficient minister without the Bible
in his hand and in his heart. When we speak of efficiency
and social service, let us not forget our church history.
Let us look at Luther and Calvin, and what they accom-
plished, and how they accomplished it. Luther and Calvin
might have studied history and psychology and political
and social science till they were as old as Methusaleh, and
they would not have produced one tithe of the political
and social results that they did achieve by studying the
Bible, by translating the Bible, by expounding the Bible,
and by building, as they believed, upon the Bible great
systems of doctrine and of duty.
Turning, for the few moments which remain, to the
second part of our topic, we may say that Princeton's
influence upon religious thought has been constructive,
conservative and comprehensive, and that it has flowed
notably in two channels, those of Biblical criticism and
doctrinal theology.
Princeton's influence has been constructive. She has
not been content with a repetition of the old formulas.
Out of the Scriptures, as she believes, she has reared an
imposing and positive system of truth, not novel in its
essential features, but built up in full view of opposing
systems, and with constant reference to the science and
philosophy and criticism of the time. The articles of
Princeton's creed have not been prefaced with a ''per-
haps" or an "I don't know", yet at times her words
spoken in moderation and wisdom (for example, upon
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the principles of subscription to the Confession, or upon
the atonement as adapted to all, sufficient for all, open
to all and honestly offered to all) have brought assur-
ance and relief to the whole Presbyterian world.
Her influence has been conservative. She has not be-
lieved with Ibsen that "the life of a normally constituted
truth is twenty years at the outside". Her appeal has
been from the fashion of the age ofttimes to the mature
verdict of the ages. Her faith has been liberal in the
sense indicated by Bishop Brooks, who said the term
should be used not of a faith which believes little, but
of one which believes much. Whether with approval or
not, we must recognize the notable consistency of her
position. She has exemplified her favorite doctrine of
the perseverance of the saints. For one hundred years,
she has stood like a Gibraltar amid the shifting tides
and currents of human opinion.
Princeton's influence has been comprehensive. She
has expounded and defended both the Old and the New
Testaments, which the history of criticism has shown to
be joined together as closely as ever, for better, for worse ;
for richer, for poorer. She has taught the great central
doctrines of the Christian faith, human sin, a Divine
Redeemer, and redemption through the blood of His
Cross; and she has defended the outposts of the Re-
formed theology. She has expounded the doctrines of
revealed religion, and has defended those fundamental
truths of natural religion which lie at the basis of all
religion and all ethics.
In analyzing Princeton's influence upon religious
thought, we find that two principal streams may be dis-
tinguished ; her influence in the spheres of Biblical criti-
cism and of doctrinal theology. In considering ques-
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tions of Biblical criticism, her attitude has been reverent
rather than patronizing. She has not sat in the seat of
the scorner. Her attitude again has been scientific in
that, whether her conclusions have been correct or not,
she has, at least, considered the available evidence from
tradition, from philology, from archaeology, from com-
parative religion, not omitting the testimony of the Holy
Spirit, bearing witness by and with the Word in our
hearts. Her attitude has been courteous, toward criticism
and toward the critics. Dr. William Henry Green stands
as Princeton's leading exponent of the higher criticism.
He has been called "the most influential Hebrew teacher
of his time among English-speaking men"; he was the
chairman of the American Old Testament Revision Com-
mittee; but he will be longest remembered as "the lead-
ing defender in this country, if not in the world, of the
authenticity and integrity of the Mosaic books. " It was
his work in this field which led Dr. Willis J. Beecher to
say that he had "caused American scholarship to be rec-
ognized throughout the Western, the Eastern and the
Australian continents." Dr. Green, as a scholar, a Chris-
tian and a gentleman, was a model to all those who would
enter the field of theological discussion.
While there is a contest between faith and unbelief,
while men approach historical evidence from different
philosophical standpoints and hold their philosophy
dear, the Bible with its revelation of a Divine Christ will
be the great storm-center, the great battle ground of con-
troversy. Progress may be made by research, by reflec-
tion, by calm discussion and the weighing of arguments,
by proving all things and holding fast that which is good ;
but perhaps no final agreement will be reached until we
come to know even as we are known, or until we reach a
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condition of moral and spiritual indifference, and, like
Gallio, care for none of these things.
I am not a prophet to forecast the probable course or
duration or outcome of the controversy over the author-
ship and the trustworthiness of the books of the Bible ;
but I may venture to predict that an institution whose
delight is in the law of the Lord will continue to enjoy
the promise of continuous vigor and seasonable f ruitf ul-
ness. And I may express the conviction that that insti-
tution which in the coming years of the century does
most to train men to preach the Bible, and to induce men
to study the Bible, to believe in and to obey the Bible, as
the revelation of God's will and God's love for the salva-
tion of men and society, that institution will not be at
the end of the procession, but will be marching right in
front in the vanguard of the world's advance.
Princeton Seminary has been for a century the con-
sistent champion of that system of doctrine which has
been variously called Augustinian, Calvinistic, Re-
formed, Westminster, or simply Princetonian. Prince-
ton has produced the greatest textbook, the great monu-
mental treatise, of this type of theology in the English
language, its best popular exposition (in Dr. A. A.
Hodge's " Popular Lectures"), its most genial and per-
suasive teachers, its keenest polemical defenders. Not
all of us, as students, were able to bear all that we were
taught by our theological professors; but I believe I
speak for the great body of the Alumni when I say that
we have absorbed a surprisingly large amount of Calvin-
ism, and in our deepest convictions, as these have been
deepened by experience, are true to that system of doc-
trine which places God's will above man's will, God's
power above human weakness, God's grace above human
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merit, and makes God's glory the supreme end of man's
existence.
We live in a time when there is a general desire for a
fuller outward expression of the essential unity of the
Christian church. The branches of the church, engaged
in a common work, animated by a common purpose, are
longing for some fuller expression of their essential
unity in Christ, the great Head of the church. The mid-
dle walls of division, which have stood for centuries with-
out a breach under the heavy guns of theological contro-
versy, may at last be melted by the fires of Christian
love. But whatever the movements and readjustments
of the future, under the guidance of God's providence
and of His Spirit, we believe that the essential truths
which Princeton has taught with such conviction, for
which she has contended so earnestly, and which she has
made men see so clearly, whether they accepted her
teaching or not, that these truths in the church of the
future, coming down through Augustine and Calvin and
the Westminster and the Princeton divines, will be a
possession for all time, and that they will be incorporated
as a valuable and integral part into the great stream of
catholic Christianity and catholic Christian thought.
To these "five points" of Calvinism, may Princeton
continue to be true. First, a lofty ideal of Christian and
ministerial character, an ideal which has produced in
history such men as Coligny, William of Nassau, John
Knox, Dr. Alexander "the great", and Charles Hodge
"the gracious". Second, an intelligent faith and a high
standard of training for the ministry. Third, the au-
thority of the Bible, given in the lovingkindness of our
God, as the rule of faith and life. Fourth, the sovereignty
of God in His grace and in His providence. Fifth, the
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doing of the will of God upon the earth; for the Re-
formed faith is in its very essence a reforming faith.
As we review the record of one hundred years of the
Seminary's life, we cannot repress a feeling of profound
gratitude for the streams of influence which have gone
out from the Princeton fountain into the pulpits of our
land, into the mission field and into the deepest thoughts
and convictions and experiences of men.
As she faces the new problems of the newer age may
Princeton go on her way, forgetting the things that are
behind. May she go forward to a larger usefulness in
the service of the church and of humanity. May she go
forward with new hope and courage, with wise leader-
ship, with holy ambitions, to great constructive achieve-
ments, and may all of us, her sons, set our faces in hope
and expectancy to the coming of the better day, when the
glory of all human achievements and of all human insti-
tutions and the glory of the ministry and the crown of a
redeemed humanity shall add lustre only to the Sa-
viour's brow, and all shall join in the song, "Not unto us,
not unto us, O Lord, but unto thy name give glory".
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PRINCETON IN ITS EARLY ENVIRONMENT
AND WORK 1
ADDRESS
BY CHARLES BEATTY ALEXANDEE, LL.D.
New York City
HENRI ROCHEFORT has said that after men be-
come fit for nothing else they write reminiscences.
When the invitation came to me to deliver one of the
addresses on this memorable occasion, I, with the sensi-
tiveness natural to men of my years, was tempted to
think, from the subject assigned to me, that the commit-
tee perhaps imagined me a contemporary of the fathers
of this institution, and hence able to speak from personal
knowledge of its early days. The committee would not
have been far wrong, if this had been their impression.
It so happens that I spent a portion of every year from
1850 to 1859, in the kindly hospitality of the old Alexan-
der house, and like most early impressions, the recollec-
tions of that time are most vivid.
Dr. Archibald Alexander died in October, 1851, and
I do not recall him.
I well remember being taken as a little boy to see Dr.
Hodge in the house across the campus, and being told not
to forget that I was to meet one of the great scholars of
the age.
At the period I have mentioned, the only buildings on
the campus were what is now called Alexander Hall, the
Miller Chapel, and the old Library. It was a great
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source of interest to me to visit a little museum, on the
first floor of the Seminary. It contained a few shells
from the South Seas, and copper coins. There were also
some beads, which I understood were the costume of
dusky converts before they adopted the traditional garb
of civilization. There were, moreover, certain idols in the
cases, which in my early innocence, I supposed might occa-
sionally, in moments of backsliding, be worshipped by the
students, but later learned that they had been sent home
by missionaries, after being discarded by their disciples,
very much as the Indian braves of the day sent home to
their lodges the scalps of the conquered.
Above all, I remember the current of life which flowed
through the house. The family then consisted of Joseph
Addison Alexander, and his two brothers, William and
Archibald, and their sister, Janetta. Hardly a day
passed without a visit from some returning graduate or
eminent personage from abroad, and there were frequent
calls from the other members of the Faculty. I remember
the intense interest shown in the work of every graduate,
and the eagerness with which all news of the Alumni was
sought. The early professors always kept their hands
on their former students, wherever they might be, the
hands of sympathy, of imagination, of Christian love. I
have since thought, that this interest bound the graduates
very closely to their alma mater.
Of course, I recall Dr. Addison Alexander and all his
well known peculiarities. In a few lessons he sought to
make me a great Oriental scholar, but I clearly proved
that the mantle of Elijah had not fallen on Elisha.
Before leaving these personal reminiscences, let me say
that I have had great pleasure in sending to the Semi-
nary Library the English Bible which Dr. Archibald
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Alexander used daily for over thirty years. It contains,
in his own handwriting, the entry of the births and bap-
tisms of his children. In the cover, Dr. Alexander pasted
several verses, which form the best possible clue to his
character. They are as follows: "To love him with
all the heart and with all the soul and with all the
strength is more than all whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices." "I dwell with him that is of a contrite and
humble spirit." "But to do good and to communicate
forget not." "The Lord is nigh unto them which are of
a broken heart and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."
Well may it have been said of him by his biographer
that at the time of his call to Princeton "no man of emi-
nence could think more humbly of himself." From the
worn appearance of portions of the book, it would seem
that the Psalms and the Major Prophets were the most
frequently read. I have also sent to the Library an
ancient Hebrew Old Testament, used daily by Dr. James
Waddel Alexander, and another read by Joseph Addison
Alexander from 1828 until his death.
Let me now turn to the subject assigned to me. Let
us consider for a moment the condition of the country
at the time of the foundation of the Seminary. In 1811,
the people were preparing for the expected war with
England. The things common to a new country char-
acterized American life. Traveling facilities were poor.
There was not a steamboat west of New York City.
Transportation between Princeton and Philadelphia
was by coach. In these days of the railway, bicycle, mo-
tor, telegraph, telephone, photograph, and electricity in
all its forms, one can hardly imagine the primitive char-
acter of our national life.
The educational advantages in the country were far
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from what they are today. Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
and some lesser colleges set the standard, bnt the school
facilities were limited, and the teaching inferior. The
morality of the people was characterized by the laxness
of a new land, and strange sects sprang up, "Halcyon,"
i ' New Light, ' ' and the like, due in a large degree to a lack
of religious training.
Sharing in the general educational and moral depres-
sion, theological education was at a low ebb. Ministers
were being prepared either by private instructors, or by
what they could pick up in their college courses. This
condition is indicated in "The Brief Account of the Rise,
etc. of the Seminary," published in 1822. It states that
the founders deeply lamented the want of such an insti-
tution, and saw with much pain the extreme disadvan-
tage under which their candidates for the ministry
labored, in pursuing their theological studies. They saw
yoimg men with very small previous acquirements in
literature and science, after devoting only twelve or
eighteen months, and in some instances much less, to the
study of theology, and even for that short time almost
wholly without suitable help, taking on themselves the
most weighty and responsible of all offices.
But in spite of the gloomy outlook, intellectual, moral,
and spiritual life was beginning to revive.
Something vital happens before the green blade ap-
pears. Although at the beginning of the last century
there seemed little hope of improvement, the first decade
of the nineteenth century showed a marvelous renais-
sance, of which the foundation of the Seminary forms a
part. /
There was a reaction proceeding in Europe from eigh-
teenth century infidelity. W. Gr. Ward in his recently
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published "Life of Newman" says that this reaction was
heralded in 1802 by Chateaubriand's " Genie du Chris-
tianisme. ' '
The great idea of Christian foreign missions was
born at the Haystack meeting in 1806. The temperance
movement began in Moreau, New York, in 1808, when a
society was formed pledging its members to drink rum
only on special occasions. The first missionary society
was founded in 1806. Twenty-four benevolent societies,
the first growth of the immense charities of our own day,
were incorporated in the first decade. The New Jersey
Bible Society was founded in 1815, and shortly after-
wards the American Bible Society.
The life manifested in these agencies, so new and so
startling, is also to be remarked in the Government. The
appearance of Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Cheves and
Lowndes, at Washington, revealed a determination to
end the humiliating trade difficulties with France and
England by an aggressive war.
With this new spirit so manifest in the political and
social life of the country, the Church awakened to its
responsibilities and opportunities as it had not done be-
fore. The leadership in thought as well as in action fell
upon men unprepared by education to bear it. As a
response to the call of the time, loud and insistent,
Princeton Seminary was born. The men who promoted
it appreciated that on the one hand an ignorant ministry
is a national misfortune, and that on the other, a culti-
vated, educated ministry is a national blessing. There-
fore, the organization of this Seminary was not only a
religious, but a patriotic service.
It is remarkable that the founders of the Seminary
made it independent of any college already in existence.
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It would have been easy to graft it upon Nassau Hall.
Indeed, in 1805, the College of New Jersey showed con-
siderable uneasiness at the project of a separate semi-
nary, for the trustees sent a communication to the Assem-
bly setting forth, that the college was founded with a
particular view to furnishing men for the ministry, that
the trustees were devoted to this object, and that an
opportunity was afforded by the college for the study of
divinity. This exhibits the change which has taken place
in public sentiment, when the object of so many universi-
ties and colleges now is to secularize learning.
The plan for the Seminary adopted by the Assembly
of 1811 described the kind of men it was desirous of sup-
plying to the Church in words which might well have
been written by John Calvin. The author was Ashbel
Green. "It is to form men for the Gospel Ministry, who
shall truly believe and cordially love, and therefore en-
deavor to propagate and defend that system of religious
belief and practice which is set forth in the Confession
of Faith, and thus to extend the influence of true evan-
gelical piety and gospel order."
This Seminary has been called "the home of Calvin-
ism." Today no thinking man should be ashamed of the
title. Any institution might be proud to furnish to the
Church men whose ideas of liberty and justice, whose
zeal and love for men, whose scholarship and power are
characteristic of the school of Calvin.
Calvin had died two hundred years before this Semi-
nary was founded, but just as his theology had persisted,
so did his views of an educated Protestant clergy con-
tinue to influence the Presbyterians of the world. He
had a fine jealousy as to the character and competence of
his professors. He was himself professor of theology.
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His theological graduates were described by a French
bishop as " modest, grave, with the name of Jesus Christ
on their lips. ' ' He made Bossuet and Massillon possible.
On his return from Geneva, John Knox copied Calvin's
methods of education, and these ideas were brought here
by our Scotch and Scotch-Irish and Puritan ancestors.
Michelet said of Calvin's disciples, "If in any part of
Europe blood and torture were required, a man to be
burnt or broken on the wheel, that man was at Geneva
ready to depart, giving thanks to God and singing
Psalms to him." If it be thought that this is an exces-
sive estimate of the character and heroism of the present
day Presbyterian minister, let me quote from the report
of the famine and cholera of 1900 in Gujarat made by
Sir Frederic Lely, one of India's greatest administra-
tors. He says: " There was Milligan, Presbyterian mis-
sionary, who, when he heard that the district was in sore
need of strong men, volunteered to help and was put in
charge of a thousand persons on whom cholera had al-
ready taken hold on a relief work. There was Mawhin-
ney, also a Presbyterian missionary, who also took a
similar trust in the adjoining native state of Sunth.
Each of them took up his abode among the people in a
hut like their own; he restored order and cleanliness;
he instilled some of his own courage; and then each
within a month of the other was stricken with the disease
from which he had saved others, and died the death of
a Christian." Such men have always been among the
graduates of this Seminary.
The early professors here seem to have been imbued
with Calvin's ideals and with his spirit, in that he is
described as a man of invincible calm, of balanced speech,
gentle toward weakness, severe toward vice, severest of
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all toward himself. Beza in his dedication of Calvin's
"Petits Traictes" to the Duchess of Ferrara declares
that Calvin was of such integrity of conscience, that he
fled from all vain subtle sophistries, and all ambitious
ostentation, and never sought anything but the pure and
simple truth.
It is evident from the writings of the first professors
that they had Calvin's character and work in mind, as
they attempted their important task. Dr. Miller in his
inaugural address pointed out that witnesses for the
truth in the dark ages were all friends of sound learning,
and he closed by saying: "Wickliffe, Luther and Calvin
are all gone, but the Kingdom of Christ did not die with
them. It still lives and it will live forever. " Dr. Alex-
ander wrote shortly after to a friend, "We go on here
upon our old moderate plan, teaching the doctrines of
Calvinism, but not disposed to consider every man a
heretic who differs in some few points from us." Ear-
lier, in the stirring circular issued by the General As-
sembly in 1816 in aid of the Seminary, reference is made
to Calvin, as one of those who have done more for the
illustration and defence of the common salvation, than
hosts of unlettered, though pious, ministers. Truly, to
use Comte's aphorism, "The living are dominated by the
dead."
Let me now briefly allude to the intellectual life of
the Seminary during this early period. It is difficult in
this age of specialization to realize all that the first pro-
fessors did. By them the plan of the theological curricu-
lum was developed into substantially what it is today.
They themselves taught every branch of the theological
encyclopedia. In the revival of 1815, the professors
threw themselves into the work with all their heart.
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They preached frequently in Princeton and in the neigh-
boring towns. Their sermons might serve as examples
to those whose ideas of evangelistic preaching do not
include the fundamental principles of Calvinistic theol-
ogy. Dr. Alexander was not content to teach simply a
system of doctrine. He aimed to send out warriors of
the Cross. To this end, he studied the religions of
heathenism, and the erroneous faiths of every age, and
he knew what should be said to refute their doctrines.
A fresh examination of the literature relating to Dr.
Alexander, and of the books which he wrote convinces
me that too much stress has been laid on his sweetness
of character, great piety and spiritual common sense,
and too little on his profound and varied learning, mar-
velous for the place and time.
It is hardly fitting for me to say too much about my
grandfather and his sons, but too much cannot be said
of Dr. Samuel Miller, who united patience, learning and
eloquence with all the social and courtly graces and the
most fervent piety. He came to Princeton the year after
Dr. Archibald Alexander, and found the curriculum
created and the means for maintaining the religious life
of the students perfected. He was of inestimable use in
forming the manners and bearing of future ministers.
Perhaps his example and precepts extend to the present
day. I often re-read his book on "Public Prayer", full
of good sense and of a quiet and appropriate humor. It
was fortunate for the infant institution that its two
heads should be so different in type : Dr. Miller, with his
long training of city life as pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church in New York, brought to the Seminary
the experience of the metropolitan pulpit, and Dr. Alex-
ander, whose great characteristic was a tender regard
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for the feelings of others, a ripe scholarship and the sim-
plicity which is characteristic of most profound thinkers.
Thomas Chalmers said : ' ' The Heraldry of an Institu-
tion of Learning is its Alumni. ' ' And perhaps Dr. Alex-
ander 's and Dr. Miller's greatest contribution to the
Seminary was an early appreciation of Charles Hodge.
As a student, he developed into a man of massive learn-
ing, sound exegesis and great skill as a teacher. I am
glad to allude to the intimate personal friends of my
father, his sons, Archibald Alexander Hodge, who by the
flame of his genius made even the darkest theology glow
with an almost supernatural light, and Caspar Wistar
Hodge, who with the modesty and reserve of a great
scholar, made the New Testament new in another sense
to successive classes of faithful and admiring students.
Just as a faculty may be judged by the students, the
product of their training, so the trend of thought in the
Seminary's life may be judged by the contributions of its
faculty to the current literature of the day. ' ' The Biblical
Eepertory," begun in 1828, gives a good idea of Prince-
ton's thought, as developed during the sixteen preceding
years, for it is fair to assume that it contained the ripe
result of the professors' various studies during that
period. I call your attention to a few subjects on which
they wrote in the earlier numbers. Dr. Miller wrote a
review of Cooke, ' ' On the Invalidity of Presbyterian Or-
dination", and on certain extremes in pursuing the tem-
perance cause, which recalls the fact, that in one of his
first letters after arriving in Princeton, he offered to send
Mrs. Green, through President Ashbel Green, some very
good claret. Another subject was "Use of Liturgies,"
another "Thoughts on Evangelizing the World," and in
1821 he published his "Letters on TJnitarianism. " The
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following were contributed by Dr. Alexander: "The
Bible a Key to the Phenomena of the Natural World,"
"Priesthood of Christ," " Pelagianism, " "Inability of
Sinners," "Christian Baptism," "Organization of the
Presbyterian Church," "Character of the Genuine
Theologian," "Articles of the Synod of Dort," "The
Foundation of Opinions and the Pursuit of Truth,"
"Melanchthon on Sin," "Catechism of the Council of
Trent," "English Dissenters," "Evidences of a New
Heart," "The Scottish Seceders," "Woods on Deprav-
ity," "Symington on the Atonement," "Practical View
of Regeneration. ' ' His books on the Canon, Moral Sci-
ence and Religious Experience, will not be forgotten. It
is not necessary in the presence of such an audience to
comment on the breadth and depth of these topics.
If there were time here today, we might leave the
beaten tracks of those days and hear the voices of the
early professors speaking through their students in quiet
villages and lonely hamlets, on frontiers and in the wil-
derness, in foreign lands and at home. The memory of
these men is not preserved on any stone or monument.
Nor is it best kept alive even in the Seminary so beloved
by them, but in the truth which they implanted in min-
isters ' lives and handed on by them to homes widely
scattered ; to burdened, toiling, sinning men and women,
to whom it meant pardon, peace and eternal hope; to
children whose plastic lives were moulded ; to the heathen
world, to whom it came as the shining of the Star of
Bethlehem. In these things are indelibly written the
testimony of the Church and of the world to the founders
of this Seminary.
No one who has studied the history of this great school
can fail to be impressed by the sincere fidelity to the prin-
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ciples of its founders, which has been manifested in
those who succeeded them. There are many who do not
agree with these principles, but they must be constrained
to admire this tenacity and constancy, considering the
atmosphere of unstable equilibrium in which the theo-
logical world lives and moves.
In visiting the graveyard here, I sometimes think that
even if all other records were to be destroyed, a history
of Princeton and its institutions, might almost be recon-
structed from the inscriptions on those venerable tombs
—the tombs of presidents, professors and other benefac-
tors who did loyal service to the Seminary and to the
University.
There is one group of graves which I cannot look upon
without personal emotion and unspeakable sorrow at the
loss of those, all of whom loved Princeton, and of some
who had for this institution a paternal as well as a filial
affection. It is a comfort and encouragement to turn to
this Seminary— a living monument in which I trust my
family may claim a share.
One does not have to be a professional theologian to
be aware that the kind of thought for which Princeton
Seminary has always stood most firmly is now attacked
persistently from many quarters. Voices come to us
from across the sea and are raised here at home telling
us that the sun is fast setting upon the old faith, and that
the doctrines taught here will pass away like those of
the Athenian and Roman schools. It may be said that in
our own country the Seminary stands in a somewhat iso-
lated position. Isolation has been the portion of the
exponents of truth in all ages. Although not an expert
in these things, I venture to predict that if the sort of
theology which is taught here should die, and if its en-
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emies should grant it decent burial, like the Lord of Life
Himself, it will have a triumphant resurrection.
Yet even if these sinister prophecies of the foes of
Princeton theology should be fulfilled to the uttermost,
if this Seminary should perish amid the ruins of its great
traditions, I should wish that its remains might be
marked and made memorable by a Cross. For it is the
Cross which has been the inspiration of its founders
and their successors, even as it is the hope and the glory
of this passing world. For the gospel which it teaches
is an unconquerable force. The Cross which it uplifts is
the world's greatest power. And by the gospel of the
Cross, this Seminary will stand in spite of attack, in
spite of any storm of criticism or unbelief until its work
is done, and God comes to take the talent given to our
fathers, from whom we have received it with its increase,
to the praise of His eternal glory.
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ON SOME CHURCH PROBLEMS
ADDRESS
BY THE EIGHT EEVEEEND ALEXANDEE STEWART, MA., D.D.
Principal of St. Mary's College and
Primarius Professor of Divinity in the University of St. Andrews
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Professors and Members of Princeton Theological
Seminary:
MANY honours and privileges have fallen to my lot
since I was called to occupy the chair of the Gen-
eral Assembly of the Church of Scotland in May of last
year, but few indeed rank as highly in my estimation as
the honour and privilege you have so graciously con-
ferred upon me in inviting me to be present at your One-
hundredth Anniversary Celebration and to represent one
of the great divisions of our Scottish Christianity on this
occasion. I beg to offer you most sincere congratulations
both on my own behalf, on behalf of the Faculty of
Divinity of St. Andrews, Scotland's most ancient Uni-
versity, and of the Church of Scotland.
A hundred years does not seem a long time in the life
of an institution but there is ample room in the course of
it for the emergence of great spiritual forces, the attain-
ment of wide influence and the achievement of much
practical good. I am sure you feel that you can look
back upon it with pride and satisfaction and with deep
thankfulness to God who has guided you so far on your
way. I do not need to assure you that the name of
Princeton is well-known and highly honoured far beyond
the bounds of this country and wherever Protestant
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Christianity is understood and valued. In Britain and
especially in Scotland the theological teaching of Prince-
ton is regarded as one of the noblest examples of ad-
herence to a clear and definite expression of the Christian
faith. It is not necessary to agree with all its tenets or
even to occupy the same fundamental position in order to
appreciate its value. To those of us who hold that truth
has many sides and that the full-orbed truth can only be
attained by a combination of these different aspects, it is
most instructive and helpful to have any of these clearly
set forth, and embodied in suitable forms. It is refresh-
ing amidst the jar and conflict of modern thought to find
one school and succession of teachers who have main-
tained with practically entire consistency a testimony to
one system of thought worked out with logical complete-
ness and forming the inspiration of a very noble type of
piety.
Prom the time when it was founded by the General As-
sembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1812, Princeton
has stood for a close adherence to the Westminster Con-
fession of Faith. All its great names have been asso-
ciated with this fundamental position. From its first
head, Dr. Archibald Alexander, conspicuously in the
teaching of Dr. Charles Hodge, and down to the present
day, its teachers have been faithful to the task originally
committed to them. This task as I have said, even in
the view of those who cannot altogether accept the con-
clusions to which the teaching of these eminent theo-
logians points, is yet extremely valuable as representing
one side at least of that all-inclusive truth which all
theology worthy of the name desires. In many ways we
in the East may have departed somewhat from the strict-
est form of Calvinism, but we all honour John Calvin,
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of keen intellect, logical precision and dauntless courage,
and while declining to follow them in every jot and tittle,
we all honour the Westminster Standards as one of the
most remarkable intellectual structures based upon
Scripture and making a generous use of reason and
philosophy that the modern world has seen. It has to be
remembered that the Westminster Standards had to pre-
sent a solution of many questions for which it may be
the material was not yet available. Such solution was
demanded of them by their age and unless they at-
tempted to supply it, they would have been regarded as
altogether defective. It did not follow therefore, that
the solution supplied to such questions was absolutely
the best— it was only the best possible at that time. We
need not be surprised that much material has since accu-
mulated which the Westminster Divines could not antici-
pate, and indeed that many questions have emerged
which then lay wholly below their horizon. That is our
justification for saying that while we hold the Westmin-
ster Standards in the highest respect, we can not admit
that they are the last word in theology, and that theologi-
cal science has no new treasures as well as old to bring
forth to the world.
I trust I may not be misunderstood in making
these remarks. I am quite sure that you would not
wish me to pay a compliment to Princeton at the
expense of the honesty of my own convictions. Fortu-
nately, I do not need to sacrifice the one to the other as
I very sincerely respect the Seminary, its founders and
representatives and believe in the very great value of its
teaching although unable to rank myself among its clos-
est disciples. I should like in this connection to make
special reference to Dr. Charles Hodge whose life-work
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was an example to all earnest workers in the theological
field ; his untiring industry, his vast learning and pene-
trating intellect made him indeed one of the prophets
of this school and his work has influenced many who
again have not accepted all his conclusions. His stupen-
dous work on Systematic Theology with its admirable
arrangement, its careful array of argument on this side
and the other and its clear-cut and unambiguous style
must be at once the admiration and the envy of all who
are engaged in the same field. His beautiful life at
Princeton both in public and private and the influence he
wielded over so many young minds and through them
over the thought and culture of this whole country are no
less deserving of attentive and reverential respect. I
never knew him except through his works, but I had the
pleasure on my last visit to this country of meeting with
his nephew who was then a professor at Lincoln Univer-
sity. On the same occasion I had the pleasure of meeting
here Dr. W. H. Green, as also your President and another
who is still spared to be one of the great ornaments of
your Seminary, Dr. Benjamin B. Warfield whose work
upon the Westminster Symbols cannot be sufficiently
valued and admired.
I have thought that instead of expatiating upon mat-
ters which are familiar to you all, with which indeed you
must be better acquainted than I can possibly be, it
would be of more interest to you were I to touch upon
one or two of the prominent phases of our Church life
at home particularly those which are attracting atten-
tion at the present time.
In the forefront of these must undoubtedly be placed
the question of the union of the Church of Scotland and
the United Free Church. For many years the desire for
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union has been in the air, and since the accomplishment
of that between the Free Church of Scotland and the
United Presbyterian Church the desire has been deep-
ened and accentuated. On the one hand there has been
a profound sense of the disadvantage which separation
entails, the waste of resources, the overlapping of agen-
cies, often the display of a spirit of emulation and
rivalry unworthy of great Christian communities,— on
the other hand the advantages of a strong National
Church, carefully organized, giving its witness with
definiteness and firmness, able to make its voice heard in
all matters of social interest and importance, and to
exercise a powerful influence in the National Councils
has moved as an ideal before the minds of many. For
two years strong Committees of the two Churches have
been considering together the causes which prevent
union, and have done a most valuable work in formu-
lating the position of each Church in regard to those
questions in which conciliation and compromise are nec-
essary before any project of union can be entered into.
Since arriving in this country I have observed from the
newspapers that communications have been taking place
between the two Committees embodying a plan by which
these questions may be dealt with and possibly disposed
of. So far as I am aware the scheme thus propounded
leaves many unsettled questions for subsequent discus-
sion and adjustment. But that such approaches have
been made and have been most cordially hailed on both
sides as a step in the right direction is of happy augury
for the future of the movement. The desire for union
is a most natural and proper one and in harmony with
the whole spirit of our religion. Religion is life, and the
essense of the religious, of the Christian life is love,—
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and love draws together, makes one. Then a powerful
motive in the same direction is the need for combination
for practical work. There is much for the church to do
and it can best be done by common effort. Union is
strength, division wastes strength. No wonder that,
apart from what has been construed as the intention and
desire of the Saviour himself, the vision of unity has
been cherished by all good men. It might be questioned
indeed whether in a condition short of the millennium,
complete unity of organization would be a good thing for
the church as a whole. Whether it would not as in the
past be a temptation rather than an advantage to her
and lead to countless abuses, to tyrannies, and to the
re-establishment of such a politico-religious machine as
we see exemplified in the Church of Rome, where the
organization is stronger than the men who work it and
moves on by an inertia of its own, impervious to the
suggestion of reform and pursuing ends which have been
found in the past inimical to the liberties and the social
advancement of men. But we may be quite certain that
a true union, one beneficial in all respects can only be the
outcome of a feeling of unity, a sense of oneness in feel-
ing, in aim, in conviction. Therefore it has always
seemed to me that the first step should be co-operation
in all possible directions. We should certainly have for
example, common action in regard to home and foreign
missions. This might lead to federation and then when
the members of the different Churches felt themselves
so far at one, they might fairly say, Why should we
remain apart, why should we keep up separate organiza-
tions? Let us unite and let our outward union be the
symbol and the consequence of our felt unity of spirit.
Whether this will be the course actually pursued on the
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present occasion or not, it seems difficult to see how by
any other method a healthy union can be brought about,
—one, that is, which shall be a union of hearts.
There are obviously one or two dangers to which such
a movement is exposed and which must be carefully
guarded against. All human motives are not the highest
and most human action proceeds from motives in which
the higher mingle with lower elements. One motive
which may enter in here is the desire for power— power
it may be of the individual, it may be of a party or school
of thought. A united Church can do things on a bigger
scale, it affords a wider sphere for the energies and am-
bitions of its ministers and members, an impulse set
agoing within it affects a wider area, the men who lead
it bulk more largely in the view of the general commu-
nity, and it may be that the zeal of men more or less
consciously influenced by such dreams will urge the
movement on perhaps faster than it should go.
Another ground on which union receives support from
many is probably indifference to the distinctive prin-
ciples which the Churches represent. It was the zeal of
our forefathers often manifested no doubt in regard to
minor points of belief and practice, often expressed far
too dogmatically and enforced with bitterness that cre-
ated the lines which divide us : it is an indifference per-
haps equally excessive and unwise that would altogether
give them up. The violence of controversy in the older
days seems often to us in inverse proportion to the im-
portance of the views and opinions in regard to which it
concerned itself. We are tempted to go to the opposite
extreme. There may seem to us nothing worth fighting
about, wherefore since union would be pleasanter and
bring with it many contingent advantages, let us all be
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one, let us sink our differences which have no longer any
real meaning for us.
These seem to me to be the dangers to which the move-
ment towards union is exposed— that its ends may be
missed and its benefits forfeited when it is sought on any
other ground than love and confidence and general agree-
ment.
But while I point out these dangers I would not forget
the great company of those who untouched by indiffer-
ence, or by ambition, desire union for the good of the
Churches and the advancement of the Kingdom of God
among men. They find it quite compatible with a sin-
cere attachment to religion to recognise the distinction
between the non-essential and the essential and to post-
pone the former to the latter, the secondary to the pri-
mary elements of the faith, that which they hold in
common with others being in their view more important
than the things which divide brethren in Christ. We feel
that it is the maintenance of this attitude which really
makes for the ultimate union of the Churches, and as I
understand that questions of union or reunion are not
unknown among those whom I am addressing I trust
that this brief indication of the position in Scotland may
not be without interest or profit to you.
One of the most important developments in the life of
the Churches in Scotland and especially, I think I may
say, in that Church which I specially represent, is the in-
creasing interest in what is known as social work. It has
indeed in recent years engaged the attention of many
of the most thoughtful and devoted members of all the
Churches. It is an earnest and not altogether unsuccess-
ful attempt to cope with the problems of poverty and
vice which are so rife in our midst. It was a most happy
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utterance of one of the most able Scottish preachers of
the last generation when he said that to the Church mili-
tant there should be added the Church beneficent, and
long may it be true of the Church of Christ that its peo-
ple look not only on their own things but on the things of
others and continue to provoke one another to love and
to good works. That such efforts after the amelioration
of our social system should proceed from the bosom of
the Churches and be stimulated by the faith and love
there engendered is only what was to be looked for. It
must be a question however whether such work can be
carried out to its full extent by means of the organization
which the Churches can supply. However successful the
philanthropic efforts which have already been set on foot
may have been, I mean our "labour homes" and other
similar institutions, it is admitted that they only touch
the fringe of a great difficulty. They have given an
impulse, they have shown the way, they may serve as
models for further effort. But it is a question whether
when the problem comes to be attacked on a commanding
scale the methods at present in use will prove adequate
to the strain, whether in fact the church organization is
the suitable one to undertake it. Two difficulties seem to
me to emerge here. In the first place while there may be
found in the Church men of ability, of organizing power,
of personal devotion, willing to give gratuitous service
in order to set on foot institutions of the kind here and
there throughout the country, the work is too great for
sporadic effort and the peculiarly church organizations
are not adapted to carry it on. It may be under the
auspices of a Presbytery and blessed by a General As-
sembly but it is by a Committee generally consisting of
laymen and generally self-constituted that the actual
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work is done. It may be said to be the work of the
Church in so far as the workers are church members and
are willing to place that work as it were to the Church's
credit.
In the second place similar work may be undertaken
by different Churches and carried on by them indepen-
dently of one another. That it should be so is a distinct
loss. It is a loss to its systematic prosecution and to its
effectiveness. The divisions of our Churches are here a
distinct hindrance to good work. It is better that all
such work of the same kind should be carried on by the
same organization except in so far as it can be locally
distributed. The tendency will be for those engaged in
it to draw nearer to one another notwithstanding the
separative influence of ecclesiastical connection. One
remedy is no doubt the union of the Churches, another
which will probably come first, is the separation of this
work and its management from official connection with
any special Church. If we look at the history of the
church in the past we see how all inclusive the church
once was. Philosophy, art and such rudimentary science
as then existed, found in it not only a patron but a home.
One by one they gradually emancipated themselves from
her dominance and assumed first semi-independence,
then altogether independent positions. As with the in-
tellectual, so it may be with the practical departments
of human activity. These also may emancipate them-
selves from the control of the Church, though they have
been nurtured and grown so far to maturity under her
care. The great questions of temperance, of peace and
of social well-being will probably give rise in the future
to organizations of an extent and complexity not yet
experienced and so as to be beyond the power of the
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Churches themselves to manage, while when separated
from the Churches they may be neither altogether for-
getful of their origin, nor ungrateful for the help which
when most needed was so willingly given. It is indeed
an instance of that division of labour, of that specialisa-
tion, which is the note of the best work in these days.
What we seem in these respects to be moving towards
is a Church engaged first and foremost in its purely reli-
gious work of prayer and exhortation, of caring for the
souls of men and by its witness to God and salvation
bringing an ideal element into their lives. So that while
" knowledge grows from more to more," there may
"more of reverence in us dwell." The arrangements of
the Church must have these ends primarily in view. Its
message should be one of love to man as well as love to
God, and this would remain the case even though it
should find it desirable and even necessary to delegate to
appropriate organizations the carrying out of that prac-
tical work of which it would remain the preacher and the
inspirer even as it had been in earlier times the pioneer.
Its members would join one or other of these organiza-
tions according as their special sympathies led them.
In reality, as inspiring and helping on all movements
towards good ends, the Church would make these but
branches of its own activity and thus would regain in
effect its ancient ideal of supremacy over all manifesta-
tions of human thought and action. But its rule would
be no longer political or administrative but moral, and
occupying such a position, ceasing to entangle itself with
controversies whether on doctrinal or practical points, it
might readily and safely become one in outward order.
Within it might be intellectual differences but also an
assured liberty. It would live for the highest welfare of
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man, it would seek to consecrate all man's activities to
the glory of God.
With regard to the important question of doctrine, I
do not know that there is anything very new, as there is
certainly nothing very startling to report. It is quite pos-
sible that the whole situation would appear to you some-
what chaotic. The centre of gravity has on the whole
somewhat shifted from the intellectual cultivation of
Christianity to the endeavour to realise, on the one side, its
spiritual life, and on the other, its practical requirements.
I speak mainly for my own Church, but I think that my
words are applicable to the entire position of religious
life in Scotland. We have had of late no heresy hunts ;
the various doctrinal tendencies at work among us
have had free scope for their development. We have
what we may call High Churchmen laying stress upon
the continuity of the Church 's history and upon the Sac-
raments as the nourishment of the Church's life. We
have Broad Churchmen representing a more ethical form
of Christianity but still recognising as the inspiration of
Christian life the spirit and example of the Master. We
have the Evangelical with his more or less spiritual
forms of preaching and worship bearing his witness to
some of the central truths of traditional orthodoxy. The
Church of Scotland two or three years ago altered its
formula of subscription to the Confession of Faith mak-
ing it much simpler and especially doing away with the
somewhat provocative sentence of the older formula
which required a man to acknowledge the Confession as
the Confession of "my faith." It is still doubtful what
the result of this movement may be. At first sight it
would seem to encourage a freer attitude towards, and
perhaps a more hostile criticism of, the Confession of
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Faith. But on the other hand, the slackening of the
chain may result in greater steadiness of progress since
there is always an impulse to proceed in the opposite
direction when it is felt that too great pressure is being
used to maintain a certain course. It may be that under
the relaxed formula orthodoxy may regain some of its
lost influence and attractiveness. It is questionable if
the legal situation is really changed. The Church under
the new formula is bound to the Confession of Faith as
the Confession of its faith and is no doubt morally as
well as legally required to maintain discipline in this
respect among its ministers and teachers. Its doctrine
must remain fairly within the lines of the Confession of
Faith liberally interpreted and it may be said that any
other course might not only raise legal difficulties but
would be at variance with what may be regarded as the
general standard of opinion and feeling within the
Church itself. The conviction has no doubt been firmly
impressed upon many of the most thoughtful among us,
that as there are many men, many minds, there can never
be even with the greatest unity of organization complete
uniformity in thinking. There will always be divergent
views and opinions, and these will be held with more or
less tenacity. We would frankly recognise that different
Churches, different Church systems, different forms of
worship, are adapted to different peoples and to those
of varying temperament among the same people. We
can only approach the gate of God by the pathway which
leads from our own special nature to Him. We do not
start from the same point as others, we do not pursue the
same road, though we may in the end reach the same
goal. These considerations raise a problem of which it
may be suggested that the solution will be found not only
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in the growth of a spirit of toleration so that I will fully
and frankly recognise that you have as full a right to
your opinion as I have to mine, that each of us may hold
firmly to his own view and neither interfere with the
other, but in an increase of mutual understanding, of
intellectual sympathy, which will enable me to bear with
opinions which are at variance with my own because I
see how they have been arrived at and on what grounds
it is possible to hold them without their being condemned
as arbitrary or irrational. Christian knowledge and be-
lief is like a tree which has mighty limbs, many branches
and innumerable twigs and stems. Now if the extremity
of such a twig or stem represents the doctrinal position
of one man or section of men the other extremities will
represent the positions of other men or schools of
thought. It is then possible by tracing the lines of devel-
opment backward as it were to see clearly the points at
which divergences which are so apparent first took place
and how they came to be what they are. First, you have
the great lines of cleavage, then the adoption of the more
important principles in the guidance of thought, then
the preference accorded to the principles of less weight
and degree of certainty until you come down to the indi-
vidual position. To understand the genealogy of beliefs
in this way not only enables us to hold our own position
more definitely and intelligently, but to understand and
allow for the positions of others as we see how these have
been arrived at. When controversy occurs it will also
be more intelligent for it is useless to contend about
minor points when the attitudes of the combatants are
fundamentally opposed. We must first see where the
root-opposition lies and we may then argue the question
out more successfully. But in proportion as the distinc-
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tion is recognised between the primary and secondary in
doctrine, the more men feel themselves in sympathy on
the great principles of Christianity, the more will they
be able to bear with one another however sincerely they
may hold to the points on which nevertheless they cannot
help but differ.
But it is time to draw these somewhat discursive ob-
servations to a close. In what I have said I must be
understood as speaking mainly for myself. I would not
have my Church understood as committed to any of my
statements as such, though I have endeavoured to inter-
pret what I understand to be her attitude as nearly and
clearly as I can. Every Church has its difficulties and
problems and it is well when we are able to learn some-
thing from each other's experience. Though separated
by the ocean I have no doubt that you and we have much
of that experience in common. In endeavouring to solve
our own problem we are indirectly at least helping to
solve those of others. Each of us represents a side of
truth, each of us has to deal with certain aspects of prac-
tical life, we each put our trust in the same God who
rules and guides the world and the hearts of men. We
each glory in the Christian name, and profess our loyalty
to the same Lord and Master, we each hold fast the same
hope of eternal life having our anchor in that which is
within the veil. The more therefore we can feel our
oneness in thought and life the better for us all. We
need not look forward with misgiving, our faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the proving of things not
seen. That our aspirations even the highest of them will
be fulfilled we cannot doubt; the end will be attained
though as yet we can but guess at the way in which it may
be brought about. It may often seem as if the founda-
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tions were shaking so that we dread to part with the old
and fail to bid a welcome to the new, when it is only an
opening of fresh channels for the same eternal spirit.
Let us not be wanting in faith and insight. Sursum
cor da. The future is in the hands of One whose ways
are higher than our ways and His thoughts than our
thoughts. To Him be glory in the Churches through
Christ.
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A SCOTTISH ESTIMATE OF
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ADDRESS
BY THE EIGHT EEVEREND JAMES WELLS, M.A., D.D.
Minister of the Pollokshields West Church, Glasgow
Moderator of the General Assembly of the
United Free Church of Scotland
President Patton, Fathers and Brethren:
ON this great day in the history of Princeton I have
the peculiar honour and happiness of bringing to
you the warm greetings and congratulations of the
United Free Church of Scotland.
During the last hundred years Princeton has been in
fraternal alliance with the Scottish Presbyterians. Your
Church and ours are equally free, but you were free born,
while our fathers, from the days of John Knox, had to
purchase freedom at a great price. In 1843 the founders
of the Free Church of Scotland, in their devotion to spir-
itual independence under the headship of Christ, sev-
ered their connection with the State. Your fathers were
then among the most generous allies of the Free Church,
and the memory of their brotherly kindness is still grate-
fully cherished among us. Princeton, too, though always
sparing of such honours, gave the degree of D.D. to
twenty-one of the leaders of the Free Church when the
Universities of their native land withheld such honours
from them. Princeton also conferred the same honour on
several of the ministers who, in 1847, formed the United
Presbyterian Church of Scotland. No other Church
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in the world can have better reasons than ours for rejoic-
ing with you today and praying for your prosperity. In
blood, in tongue, in creed, in aspiration and experience
we are brothers. It is only the intervening ocean which
hinders this kinship from becoming identity.
PRESBYTERIANISM AND LIBERTY
Presbyterian Princeton is the oldest representative in
this land of some of the chief forces which have created
and nourished the greatest republic the world has known.
Your ninety-two millions are, beyond all comparison, the
largest community of English-speaking people on the
face of the earth. Great is one's surprise in discovering
the perfect unanimity of many famous thinkers regard-
ing the origin of your republican polity. It seems that
you owe this boon to Calvinism.
Bancroft tells us that "the first voice in favour of in-
dependence came from the Presbyterians". He adds
that "the revolution of 1776, so far as it was affected by
religion, was a Presbyterian measure". You will not
grudge us our satisfaction in knowing on the authority
of Chief Justice Tilgham that the form of your republic
is "borrowed from the constitution of the Church of
Scotland", of which your Church is a genuine daughter.
Bancroft and d'Aubigne unite in crowning Calvin as the
father of America. Ranke calls Calvin "the virtual
founder of America." Taine declares that Calvinism
has guaranteed constitutional liberty to mankind, and of
Calvinists he says, "These men founded the United
States". Thorold "Rogers asserts that "Calvinism was
the pioneer of religious liberty". Lord Morley assures
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us that, "To omit Calvinism from the forces of western
evolution is to read history with one eye shut". Green
the historian writes, "It was Calvinism that first re-
vealed to the modern world the dignity and worth of
man". Mark Pattison says that Calvinism saved Eu-
rope. It is thus no wonder that your Declaration of
Independence was called in England "the Presbyterian
Rebellion" and that Horace Walpole then intimated in
the British Parliament that "Cousin America had run
off with a Presbyterian Parson".
These impressive testimonials prove that religious and
civil liberty are twins, and that religious liberty is the
first born, and the maker of heroic men.
Your Seminary has always taught that the church of
the New Testament is a complete spiritual republic, the
freest society under heaven, the parent and guardian of
liberty and order. Presbyter ianism is republicanism
applied to the Church and republicanism is Presby-
terianism applied to the State. George Buchanan, the
first moderator of the Church of Scotland, and Samuel
Rutherford in his "Lex Rex" expounded, almost three
hundred years ago, the very principles which lie at the
foundation of our government and yours. These prin-
ciples teach us "to honour all men", and to foster that
love of liberty and resistance to oppression which are
native to all noble hearts. They have given its death-
blow to mediaeval feudalism.
Within the last four months one-fourth of mankind
has avowedly adopted your government as their model.
This is surely one of the most momentous events of mod-
ern history. By and by the Chinese may discover how
much they owe to Princeton and Scotland.
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THE EVOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT
Surely the most astounding marvel in the evolution of
government is the fact that in the heart of the cruellest
military despotism, the apostles planted a common-
wealth of souls, a perfect republic, which the ingenuity
of nineteen centuries has not improved. This was done
on behalf of a society which embraced many slaves, and
when the greatest sages taught that slaves had neither
souls nor civic rights. Moreover this new society created,
even in slaves, the sense of manhood and freedom and the
virtues without which no republic can truly prosper.
Here, at least, the church is not behind the age. In this
region the future can never excel the past.
These facts are a most impressive illustration of the
widespread civil and social benefits which accompany
and flow from a living Christian faith.
THE SCOTCH AND THE SCOTO-IRISH
I feel tempted to quote the recent testimony of your
ambassador to our country, the Honourable Whitelaw
Reid, in praise of the Scot and the Ulster Scot. He said
in Edinburgh, "It was the perfervid Scot that sent the
flame for independence through every colony on the con-
tinent, never from that hour to die out. ' ' Of the fifty-six
men who framed the Declaration of Independence eleven
were of Scottish descent. When they hesitated, Dr.
Witherspoon, a genuine Scot, persuaded them to sign it.
Of the college-bred men in the Convention one-half were
Scots or Scoto-Irish. Alexander Hamilton, your Alex-
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ander the Great, the f ramer of your constitution, was the
son of a Scot. The Scottish race supplied three of the
four members of Washington's first Cabinet, two-thirds
of his governors of States, and also eleven of your first
twenty-five presidents. Their influence was out of all
proportion to their numbers. These facts justify Dor-
ner, the German theologian, in saying that Presbyterian-
ism has been very successful in training men in patriot-
ism, citizenship and the duties of public life.
Moreover the church-doctrine of your Princeton
school is in complete harmony with the teaching of Jesus
Christ and His apostles. We are thus the real Catholics.
We do not need Christ 's vicar as Christ Himself is with
us. The apostolic church had no room for any official
caste of so-called priests. Our orders are for order only.
We are persuaded that as there is only one God, so there
is only one Mediator between God and men. We rejoice in
the inspiring truth that all the faithful are priests unto
God. This divine democracy secures the noblest of all
aristocracies, the aristocracy of Christian character and
service, and it teaches us not to overvalue the aristocracy
of birth, of wealth, or of intellect. It reminds us that the
king and the beggar are made of the same clay and that,
when under the power of God's grace, they equally bear
the same divine stamp and superscription, and are all
united in a sacred brotherhood.
We may thus congratulate ourselves that our Presby-
terianism is in thorough accord with the aspirations
after liberty and unity in all parts of the world, and that
it can live and thrive amid the most diverse national con-
ditions. A colonial statesman said lately that it stands
well the test of pioneering. The secretary of the Pan-
Presbyterian Alliance reports that Presbyterianism has
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about one hundred millions of adherents, and that they
speak in one hundred and eighty languages.
CALVINISM
Princeton has always been one of the chief strong-
holds of Calvinism. As we call no man master, we may
justly regret the habitual use of Calvin's name in this
connection, but it now seems unavoidable. Eef ormation
divinity is often called Calvinism, but injuriously, for it
claims to be simply the divinity of the New Testament.
It professes to explain God's plan so far as He has re-
vealed it to us. Revelation, however, leaves us with a
large margin of mystery. It was Calvin 's sole aim fairly
to interpret at once the Bible and Christian experience.
He offers us, not a philosophy, but the creed of one who
looks at all things under the aspect of eternity, who has
been overmastered quite by Christ as his Teacher, Re-
deemer and Lord, and who cherishes a noble fear lest he
should ever think meanly of God. His theology is broad-
based upon the Scriptures, and its keynote is in these
words, " Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy
Him forever". It thus does justice to the nobility of
man as made by God and for God, and as capable of being
re-made by the Spirit of God.
Utterly dependent on God for every breath we draw
and every morsel of bread we eat, are we to believe that
we are less dependent on Him for the life of the soul ? The
sovereignty of God is the sovereignty of a Father, not
the capriciousness of an eastern despot. It is the love
that will not let go. Moreover, grace is also sovereign
because of its exceeding and unsearchable riches. With
God, the past, present and future are contemporaneous :
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they are as an ever present now. He "will have all men
to be saved", and we may be perfectly sure that His eter-
nal decrees are not at strife with that will.
OUR INTELLECTUAL DIFFICULTIES
The greatest of all problems is to explain how the
divine and human wills can combine and co-operate. But
this problem does not confront us only or chiefly in the
domain of theology. Sir William Hamilton, the famous
professor of Logic in Edinburgh, often told us that no
difficulty of this sort emerges in theology which had not
previously emerged in philosophy, and that we could
apprehend with certainty many things which we could
not comprehend. Historians of modern thought are tell-
ing us that idealists, materialists, moral philosophers
and metaphysicians are now more disposed than for-
merly to confess their failure to reconcile natural neces-
sity and moral freedom, though they know both to be
real. They have here what they call an irreconcilable
antinomy. A great thinker says, "All theory is against
the freedom of the will, and all experience is for it".
Freewill itself is an inexplicable miracle. Freewill and
predestination form an arc the top of which lies beyond
our ken. We believe that the two sides meet somewhere,
and we may also believe that they are wisest who are as
little anxious to reconcile them as Paul was. Theology
has neither created nor increased these unescapable diffi-
culties. They all lead up to the problem of the permis-
sion of evil in God's world, and its enticing power— a
stubborn fact over which men have brooded since think-
ing began, and brooded in vain.
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DR. CHARLES HODGE
I mention Dr. Charles Hodge, as in my student days
he was the best known in Scotland of your professors.
Forty-five years ago, in company with Dr. Patrick Fair-
bairn and Dr. John Hall, then of Dublin, I visited
Princeton and spent a whole day with Dr. Charles
Hodge. I may almost claim to be an alumnus of Prince-
ton, for in my youth I read and margin-marked the three
encyclopaedic volumes of his pellucid * ' Systematic The-
ology". He has done much to remove objections against
our creed, and to propitiate the objectors. He loved pa-
cific more than polemic divinity. The salvation of all
children dying in infancy was one of his "oft recurring
fervours". Believing that, in the theology of the heart
and in their devotions, all sincere Christians are one, it
was a joy to him to minimise, so far as he could, the dif-
ferences and to maximise the agreements among them.
He gladly admits that the evangelical Calvinist and the
evangelical Arminian are usually one when they pray
and praise and preach, and two only when they dispute.
His son, Dr. A. A. Hodge, at the close of his "Evan-
gelical Theology", maintains that Calvin alone does full
justice to the godward and the manward sides of the
truth, but he adds, "The difference between the best of
Calvinists and Arminians is one of emphasis rather than
of essential principle. Each is the complement of the
other. They together give origin to the blended strain
from which issues the perfect music which utters the
perfect truth". Your Whittier happily describes such a
situation when he says,
"To differ is not crime ;
The varying bells make up the perfect chime. ' '
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The theological pendulum keeps swinging between
God's sovereignty and man's responsibility. He who be-
gins with God will incline to Calvinism, and he who
begins with man will incline to Arminianism. Armini-
ans would say that man is saved by the human will and
the divine : we would say that he is saved by the divine
will and the human. But we cannot hope to explain
exactly where and how the spirit of God and man's spirit
meet. John Newton used to say, "I am considered an
Arminian among high Calvinists, and a Calvinist among
strenuous Arminians". He concluded that he must
therefore be near the centre of revealed truth.
THE DECLARATORY ACTS
Your Church and ours have recently made earnest ef-
forts to remove regrettable impressions concerning the
implications or supposed implications of our creed, and
to bring it into greater and more obvious harmony with
the proportions of truth in the Bible. We both believe
that no mere human confession can be accepted as final
and permanent. To your Confession of Faith you have
accordingly added two chapters and a declaratory state-
ment. Our Declaratory Acts are in substantial agree-
ment with yours. They set forth the love of God— Fa-
ther, Son and Holy Spirit— to all mankind, God's gift
of His Son to be the propitiation for the sins of the whole
world, and a salvation sufficient for all, adapted to all,
and freely offered to all. These explanations exclude
every view that would hamper any one in urging the
general offer of the gospel. We rejoice together in the
revealed things which belong to us and to our children
for ever, while we pause in reverential silence before the
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secret things which belong to the Lord our God. Assured
that the veil over the future has been woven by the hand
of love and leaving all these deep mysteries to the justice
and mercy of God, we are thankful to have light enough
to guide our feet, while there is darkness enough to exer-
cise our faith. We frankly recognise that we must often
be content with saying, "I do not know; shall not the
judge of all the earth do right?" These Declaratory
Acts have added to the many evergrowing streams of
tendency which are now making for the union of all the
evangelical Churches.
If, in some minds, the idea still lingers that our Cal-
vinistic creed fosters gloom and fetters the evangel, let
us appeal to the facts. At the close of the eighth chapter
of his Epistle to the Romans, Paul recites his creed. He
emphasises God's foreknowledge, predestination, effec-
tual calling, election, and the final perseverance of the
saints, and he closes with his most triumphant " Halle-
lujah Chorus." The explanation is that these high doc-
trines are our Zion's palaces and bulwarks, that God is
known in them for a refuge, that they are ever a palisade
around the fold and never a barricade in front of the
door, and that, by making grace greater and surer, they
help to evangelise the heart and life. There must be some
strange mistake when these themes terrify.
Need I enumerate the names of some of the evangelists
who have accepted this side of revealed truth as frankly
as John Calvin did? Among them are John Bunyan,
your President Davies, President Jonathan Edwards,
Brainerd, Elliot, Nettleton, Whitefield, Chalmers, Mc-
Cheyne, William Burns, Spurgeon and D. L. Moody.
Did their theology impoverish their evangelism? Has
not John Owen said, "God doth not take it well to be
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limited in anything, least of all in His grace" % Has not
an old evangelist of this school written, ' ' There is mercy
enough in God, merit enough in Christ, power enough in
the Spirit, scope enough in the promises, and room
enough in heaven for thee"?
We are often told that ours is a transition period of
feeble convictions, many concessions, and manifold self-
indulgences. Writers of many schools of thought—
Froude, for example— tell us that Calvinism, beyond
every other creed, has been the mother and nurse of
heroic men and women. Do we not need to-day a large
infusion of it to put iron into our blood and to fortify
ourselves against the subtle influences which threaten to
rob us of many of the noblest fruits of the Christian
faith?
THE STORY OF YOUR SEMINARY
It has been a veritable benediction to me to read the
lives of Archibald Alexander, Samuel Miller, and
Charles Hodge, your three mighties, who were all cast in
the amplest moulds of nature and grace. Might not one
of the products of this centenary be a brief popular biog-
raphy of these three Greathearts % It would surely
enrich the lives of your students to have their souls and
imaginations amply furnished with such beautiful and
inspiring models. My acquaintance with their careers
lessened my surprise when I read that upwards of one
half of those whose names are in the American " Who's
Who?" have been reared in clerical homes. With pe-
culiar satisfaction I note that several of your leaders
have been the founders of large Levitical families. Some
say that their creed was too stern, but it was a life as well
as a creed, and it blossomed and brought forth fruits.
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The doctrines of grace created in them the graces of our
holy religion. The nobleness of their lives has had a
supreme reward, for it gained the loyalty of their chil-
dren, their grand-children, and their great-grand-chil-
dren. The beauty of the Lord our God was upon them ;
and your programmes, this audience, this palatial Hall
and the many academic buildings around declare how
God has established the work of their hands.
As we were impressively reminded yesterday, Prince-
ton has also been a nursery of great missionaries. Many
of your students have had a large share in home mission
enterprises. Two of them were the founders of the
"World's Student Christian Federation", while over
four hundred have devoted themselves to the work of
Christ in non- Christian lands, and God has granted ex-
ceptional success to many of them. The genius of this
place has always fostered missionary and evangelistic
zeal.
THE CHIEF NEEDS OF OUR AGE
We seem to have greater discouragements and greater
encouragements than ever before. Modern life is grow-
ing more intense in good and evil. But it is best to go over
the ridge at once and pitch our tent in the sunshine. May
we not regard the World Missionary Conference held in
Edinburgh in June 1910 as at once a most impressive
exhibition of the triumphs of the gospel beyond any or
all of the Oecumenical councils of the early church, and
also as an inspiring summons to the mighty work of
evangelising the whole world? Great enthusiasm has
been evoked by the Tercentenary of the authorised Eng-
lish Bible, and its amazing and evergrowing circulation.
Then, practical sympathy with the struggling millions is
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one of the most commanding features of the twentieth
century. May we not hail this as the birth time of a
marvellous era in which the people of America and Great
Britain shall for ever renounce war as a means of set-
tling disputes, and set the whole world a crowning exam-
ple of peace on earth and goodwill to men ? This sacred
cause will be greatly promoted by the arrangements al-
ready made for celebrating, on Christmas Eve 1914, the
Anglo-American Peace Centenary. No war can be a for-
eign war to us as all men are our brothers. For all these
hopeful signs of the times, let us thank God and take
courage. Ours is a storm-tossed age, but the ever-living
Master is with His disciples in the ship. What we should
dread most is not an agitated church, but a becalmed
church. Some are advising us to throw over a part of
the cargo, but that would not help us to weather the storm.
Surely, too, the competition for souls is keener than
ever, keener even than the competition for gold. Our
age demands from the preacher an unhesitating and au-
thoritative message, intense reality, thorough earnest-
ness and a ceaseless desire to reveal the supreme claims
of Christ and the manifold winsomeness and gladness of
Christian service. While, in a largely secular age, so
many themes are clamouring for recognition in the pul-
pit, it is not always easy for the preacher to put first
things first, and rigidly to exclude those alien subjects
which drain his energies into side channels and weaken
the sense of what is vital. We must remember that Chris-
tianity requires perpetual propagation to attest its di-
vine origin. Unless it conquers the world anew in every
age, the church must be the affair of one generation only.
Hence the preacher must be ever doing the work of an
evangelist and fostering the passion for souls. Let us be
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fully assured that deliverance will never come to us by
putting social gospels and social services in place of the
evangel of Jesus Christ. Nothing can mend the world
but what mends the spirits of men. In my youth, I spent
unforgettable days among the worst of our outcasts.
I soon discovered that those who expected, attempted
and achieved great things among them were saturated
with the apostolic faith, and cherished the sacred mission
hunger, rescuing zeal and creative spiritual power. Some
of them had a real genius for winning souls, and refused
to despair of any. I believe that, under heaven, there are
no more beautiful and satisfying spectacles than those
of men, women and children once sunk in vice, but now
uplifted by the grace of God, clothed and in their
right mind, and surrounded with all the fruits of pros-
perous industry. These modern miracles add a new
charm to life, for by them the greatest Christians are
made out of what seems the poorest human stuff. They
assure us that the gospel has lost none of its ancient power
and that the Acts of the Apostles has not yet been
rounded with its final Amen. All social reformers should
study these words of our Lord, ' ' Seek ye first the king-
dom of God and his righteousness, and all these things
shall be added unto you"— given into the bargain as sur-
prising industrial, civil and social by-products, given as
a generous bonus of earthly goods. Not otherwise can
the fallen find a place in the sun.
Many in Scotland deeply feel the need of a great re-
vival of religion. They are conferring about it in the hope
of discovering the hindrances and having them removed.
They are recalling several fruitful revivals in our land,
and specially the revival which visited many parts of
your country about fifty years ago, and kindled sacred
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fires in Ireland and Scotland. Many among us are
brooding over the promises concerning the Holy Ghost
whom God hath given to them that obey Him. God grant
a fresh baptism of power to your Church and to ours.
I have attended all the gatherings of this great Fes-
tival except the first. I was privileged to address the
students of the University while you were seated at the
Lord's table. I have been deeply moved by the words
spoken here, by the sacred songs sung, by the prayers
offered, by the audiences, and by the spiritual atmo-
sphere. Such experiences should help to make our ser-
vice more devoted and more fruitful in the coming days.
Reverend Fathers and Brethren, with all my heart I
thank you for your generous kindness to me as the repre-
sentative of the United Free Church of Scotland. It will
give me joy to report the inspiring tokens of manifold
success amid which your venerable Seminary is closing
its first century of Christian service. It is our heart's
desire and prayer that your School of the Prophets may
be the generous mother of a growing band of consecrated
and gifted men who, by the grace of God, shall do ex-
ploits in establishing and extending the Kingdom of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Peace, the very peace of God, be within your walls and
prosperity within your palaces. For my brethren and
companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.
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IRISH AND AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANISM
ADDRESS
BY THE EIGHT EEVEREND JOHN MACMILLAN, B.A., D.D.
Minister of the Cooke Centenary Church, Belfast
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in Ireland
Mr. President :
THREE centuries ago, the confiscated lands of Ulster
presented an opportunity for the peaceable settle-
ment of that province and opened a door of refuge for
the people of Scotland who were suffering under the
intolerance of James I, the chief article of whose new
creed was, "No Bishop, no King," and whose unkinglike
declaration was set forth in the solemn vow, "I will make
them conform or I will harry them out of the land. ' '
The settlers brought with them their industry, their
thrift and their faith ; and they were followed by schol-
arly and godly ministers like Edward Brice, Robert
Blair, Robert Cunningham, James Glendinning, John
Livingston, James Hamilton, John Howe, Josias Welsh,
George Dunbar, and Andrew Stewart, whose apostolic
patience and heroism have never been surpassed in the
history of the Church of Christ.
Among the settlers were adventurers of various de-
grees of moral declension, and fugitives from justice as
well as law ; until it came to be a proverb applied to the
most graceless and hopeless in the Lowlands, "Ireland
will be his hinder end." That "end" would have been
disastrous indeed, had the colonists been left to the
mercy of the "careless men" who desired only their own
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gain, and the conservation of their own power ; but the
Lord visited them in His "admirable mercy" by giving
them ministers of their own, "eminent for birth, educa-
tion and parts," whose labours resulted in revival,
transformed lives and fruit unto holiness. These min-
isters have won for themselves the honour of being the
founders of the Irish Presbyterian Church; and their
line has gone through all the earth, and their word unto
the end of the world.
In the course of one century, there were organised in
Ulster eleven Presbyteries and one hundred and forty-
one congregations. The waste places were reclaimed,
the primeval forests disappeared, the last wolf was put
out of the way, lint was in the bell, the bleach-greens
were covered with fair linen clean and white, the whirr
of the spinning-wheel and the click of the loom sounded
in almost every dwelling; and the desert rejoiced and
blossomed as the rose.
Ballymena, the modern Bangor, Coleraine, Comber,
the modern Londonderry, Newtownards, Portaferry,
and many other centres of industry were created; and
Belfast, which in 1649 was denounced by Milton as "a
barbarous nook in Ireland", had started on its way to be-
coming Ireland's commercial capital, with a population
now approaching half-a-million souls.
To these men the Bible was statute book and library.
The Psalter, with the Paraphrases, was their song-book
at work and worship ; and they found expressed in its
strong and rugged verse all the growing enrichment of
their spiritual experience. It was stored in the memory
against the cloudy and dark day, the lonely vigil, and
the last scene of all. I could take you to places on their
farms where they were accustomed to sing and pray, as
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they herded their cattle or sought momentary relief
from their toil. The strains of Martyrdom, and Elgin,
and Coleshill, and Devizes, linger still among their val-
leys and hills.
The Lord's Day was the great day of the week. On it
"they went out", according to their own phrase, to meet
their neighbours and the public ; and, above all, to meet
Him whom their souls loved, and who had given the
promise of His presence to the two or three gathered to-
gether in His name— and at times it was long before the
after-glow on their faces melted into the light of common
day.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was the central
ordinance of their faith, and its observance the chief
event of the year. It was preceded by two days of fasting
and prayer, and succeeded by a solemn thanksgiving and
consecration; whilst the service of the day itself began
in the early morning, and, with a brief intermission,
closed at nightfall. There were occasions when scenes
occurred like those which took place at the Kirk of
Shotts under the preaching of their own John Living-
ston in 1630, when five hundred were lifted into a new
or a higher life ; or like those enacted in the Covenanting
times, when, on the far-off moor or in some amphitheatre
among the lonely hills, outed ministers broke the bread of
life and thousands of communicants lifted to their lips
the consecrated elements and returned to their home or
to their hiding, not fearing the wrath of man because
they had seen the face of God.
The school, which was regarded as being scarcely less
important than the church, consisted of four walls, some-
times of mud and sometimes of masonry, a thatched roof,
small windows as often as not unglazed, an earthen floor,
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logs in the rough from the neighbouring bog to serve
for seats, and a fire which burned or smoked in the centre
of the room, the smoke escaping through an opening in
the roof, or else lingering to create a semi-opaque atmo-
sphere, not uncongenial to those boys who were bent on
idleness or full of fun. The master was often arrayed in
a long black coat, tow-wig, horn-spectacles, and armed
with a hazel rod.
"Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ;
Full well the busy whisper circling round
Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned."
And yet he taught the boys to read and write and cast
accounts; and introduced the more ambitious among
them to Cicero and Caesar, to Horace and Homer, and
prepared them for the university. Where the school-
mistress reigned, she patiently taught the ABC, pro-
moted her pupils to the Book of Proverbs, the Gospels,
and the Shorter Catechism ; and, when the girls had fin-
ished their samplers, their scholastic education was com-
pleted.
The home was humble, consisting of "but and ben"
and added accommodation to suit growing domestic need.
The inmates aimed at making it a "little church" and a
"seminary of piety," instinctively acting on the prin-
ciple that the domestic hearth-stone was the corner-stone
of the State.
Of course, there were other homes of much larger di-
mensions, equipped with all the comforts procurable at
that period ; but they were occupied by those persons to
whom special grants of lands had been made at a merely
nominal figure, and who "undertook" responsibility for
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the settlement of the surrounding areas. These land-
owners, however, professed the same faith as did the peo-
ple whom they subsequently designated their "tenants",
and ordered their daily lives according to the same reli-
gious principles.
Candidates for the ministry were obliged to pursue a
regular academic and subsequently a regular theological
course, when such a requirement implied long and per-
ilous journeys to Glasgow and Edinburgh or Amster-
dam ; for Trinity College, Dublin, in contravention of the
purpose of its founder, was closed against them. Stu-
dents were exhorted to remain at the university for "lau-
reation" and some were advised to betake themselves to
"a way of living" other than the ministry on account of
lack of learning and of natural capacity— and laggards
profited from such salutary advice. When it became
impracticable for all candidates to study abroad, a
"School of Philosophy" was established at home; and
two pastors were appointed to give instruction, one in
Hebrew and the other in Greek, each to receive the mod-
est remuneration of £10 per annum. All ministers were
exhorted by the Synod to spare no pains in preparing
for their pulpit prayers and sermons; in acquiring a
working knowledge of Hebrew and Greek, of the chief
controversies of Divinity, of the English Bible— so that
its language might freely flow from their lips ; and of the
English tongue so that they might speak in a plain un-
affected style and "accommodate their addresses to the
understanding of the people. ' ' The Rev. Matthew Clark
of Kilrea, who acted a soldier's part during the siege of
Londonderry, and who afterwards became minister of
the town of that name on this side of the Atlantic,
preaching from the words of the Apostle— "I can do all
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things", thus began— "Aye, can you, Paul? I'll bet a
dollar on that!", as he placed a Spanish dollar upon the
Bible. Then with a look of surprise he continued, "Stop,
let us see what else Paul says— 'I can do all things
through Christ who strengtheneth me'. Aye, so can I,
Paul; I withdraw my bet": and he carefully replaced
the money in his pocket, after he had succeeded in arrest-
ing the attention of his audience.
During my year of office, I have conducted services in
a church in memory of a dear friend in the ministry
whose rural parish had been lacking in educational ad-
vantages, and from whose study there went forth, with-
out prescribed fee or reward, fifteen young men to the
university and to professional life. One of my friend's
predecessors was Dr. Samuel Edgar, who founded the
"Academy", in which James Thomson, the father of
Lord Kelvin, was a pupil and afterwards a teacher, and
from which forty youths proceeded to college and to ordi-
nation. I have done duty in a church in the city of
Armagh, the son of whose first minister was Francis
Hutcheson. As probationer, Francis was persuaded to
relieve his father on a Sabbath during the temporary in-
disposition of the latter ; but he broke down so completely
in the devotional service that the worshippers were dis-
missed a couple of hours in advance of the accustomed
time. He, however, was appointed Professor of Moral
Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, had the cour-
age to adjudge the English language an adequate vehicle
for instruction— the first preceptor in that institution to
do so— and he became the founder of the Scottish School
of Philosophy, in which Dr. Thomas Reid, Sir William
Hamilton, and Dr. McCosh were subsequently successive
master-builders. I do not mean to infer that it is always
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more easy to become a philosopher than to be an edifying
preacher !
The intercourse between Ulster and the mother-coun-
try was close and constant. Our people claimed kindred
with Patrick Hamilton, and George Wishart, and John
Knox, and Alexander Henderson, and Samuel Ruther-
ford, and Margaret Wilson, and Andrew Melville, and
Janet Geddes. Melville once said to the king, "Your
Majesty, there are two kings and two kingdoms in Scot-
land: there is king James, the head of the common-
wealth, and there is Christ Jesus, the King of the
Church, whose subject James is, and of whose kingdom
he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but a member. ' T
Janet Geddes flung her stool at the head of the minister
who, at the bidding of Laud, proceeded to read from an
enforced liturgy, with these indignant words, "Fause
loon, do you say Mass at my lug?" In the county of
Down, a strong-minded woman was brought before the
Downpatrick Court of Assize for what was considered a
most heinous offence— interfering with the official robes
of the new minister sent by the Bishop to take the place
of her own, now silenced and forbidden to exercise his
ministry. She admitted the accuracy of the charge, and
suiting the action to the word, made confession, ' ' These
two hands pulled the white shirt over his head." Car-
lyle declares that the war precipitated by Janet Geddes
was far more glorious than that precipitated by Helen
of Troy. Macaulay traces English liberty to Janet's
action. Henry Grattan describes "the Presbyterian
religion as the mother of the free constitution of Eng-
land. ' ' John Richard Green affirms that ' ' it saved Scot-
land from a civil and religious despotism and in saving-
Scotland, it saved English liberty as well." It certainly
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saved Ulster, and in saving Ulster, it saved more than
Ulster— as we shall see.
It may be asked in what way, and to what degree is
the Ulster Scot superior to the mere Scot? The late
President McKinley declared that the coming of the Scot
to Ulster marked an epoch in the world's civilization.
Last November, Lord Rosebery, on the occasion of his
presiding at a lecture delivered in Edinburgh by His
Excellency, the Ambassador of the United States, said
that he loved Highlanders and he loved Lowlanders, but
when he came to that branch of the Scottish race which
had been grafted on to the Ulster stem, he took off his hat
in veneration and awe !
When we came to Ulster, we were returning to our
own, to the Scotia Major of the ancient world; to the
land of Cormac, and Patrick, and Columcille, and Colum-
banus, and Gallus, and Killian, and John Scotus Erigena,
and Pelagius, and Richard Fitzralph ; we began to think
with pride of the great schools of Bangor, and Clonard,
and Clonmacnoise, and Durrow, and Kildare, and Derry,
and Movilla, and of the achievements of their alumni at
Iona, Lindisfarne, Burgundy, Bobbio and St. Gall, and
of all the traditions which clustered round the insula
sanctorum et doctorum Europae of the early Christian
centuries. We were brought into contact with a quick-
witted, warm-hearted people, possessed of the perfer-
vidum ingenium Scotorwm, which could appreciate a
joke without the necessity of the proverbial surgical
operation.
We had a very long and a very severe struggle for
toleration— even for existence. A most determined ef-
fort was put forth to break our fathers' spirit, and to
quench our fathers' faith. If Scotland had Claverhouse,
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and Laud, and Charles, and James, we had Laud and
Claverhouse in imagination; and we had Charles, and
James, and Tyrconnell, and Wentworth, and Phelim
O 'Neill, and Lord Donegal, and the Anglican prelates of
that time. We became uncompromisingly Protestant
and as uncompromisingly Presbyterian, which— with its
franchise and freedom of the Kingdom of God enjoyed
by women as well as men— is the strongest and most
democratic form of Protestantism; and we became
whole-hearted Evangelicals, which are the highest type
of Presbyterians, and supply the raison d'etre of Pro-
testantism. Driven back upon the sublime truth that be-
hind all things we see, changeless amid things which
change, evolving slowly His own vast designs, making
all things— the prosperous and the adverse— to work
together for good to them that love Him, is a living God,
with all the attributes of a divine personality— a quick
eye, a warm heart, and a long arm, our people became
intensely Calvinistic, and strengthened themselves by
saying or singing such words as these : —
" Art thou afraid His power shall fail
When comes thine evil day %
Or can an all-creating arm
Grow weary or decay ?
Supreme in wisdom as in power
The Rock of Ages stands ;
Though Him thou canst not see nor trace
The working of His hands."
There were three periods of persecution to which our
people were subjected and which culminated respectively
in the Black Oath under Charles I, the Act of Unif orm-
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ity under Charles II, and the Sacramental Test Act
under Queen Anne.
Every person over sixteen years of age was com-
manded to take the Black Oath, by which he renounced
the Covenants and swore a carte blanche allegiance to the
king, no matter what the king might enjoin for the fu-
ture in Church or State. Multitudes of Presbyterians,
against whom the Oath was chiefly or entirely directed,
refused to comply, and the most cruel sufferings were
inflicted upon them. As an instance, we take the case of
Henry Stewart, who— with his wife, his two daughters
and his man-servant— was arrested, conveyed to Dublin,
tried in the Court of Star Chamber, in which the form
and spirit of justice were alike ignored, fined in the sum
of £16,000, and cast into prison until the uttermost far-
thing would be paid— because he had the courage to hon-
our his conscience as his king.
At first, the Church, as by law established, was com-
prehensive enough to admit the ministers from Scot-
land to her pulpits and in the case of an ordination, the
Bishop joined with the other presbyters present in
prayer, and the laying on of hands : but after the Act of
Uniformity came into force, all ministers in Ulster were
required to submit to Episcopal ordination or to abandon
their position in the Church. Of all the ministers in the
Synod, only seven submitted to such conditions. In a
single day, Jeremy Taylor, who wrote on the " Liberty
of Prophesying", silenced thirty-six of the best minis-
ters of Down, whose ministry had been accompanied by
revivals and other unmistakable signs that the Lord had
been working with them, confirming the word by signs
following. In a single year, sixty-four ministers went
forth, not knowing whither they went.
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In 1704, after the siege of Londonderry, defended by
Presbyterians, who were at the lowest calculation fifteen
to one of all other Protestants within the walls of the
city, which was fortified and inspired by Presbyterian
ministers at a time when Bishops denounced the impiety
of taking up arms against the " Lord's Anointed", and
changed their public prayers every week and almost
every day as the omens seemed to indicate the final issue
of the struggle ; after the battle of the Boyne, at which
—according to Hallam— the British constitution was
saved, and which was rendered possible by the previous
stand made at Londonderry ; the Sacramental Test Act
came into operation, according to which it was made nec-
essary for every person holding office to receive the Sac-
rament of the Lord's Supper in the Episcopal Church or
else demit his dignity. Our people had too high an esti-
mate of the spiritual significance and aim of the Sacra-
ment to pervert its meaning and to degrade its divine
institution ; and they were too brave to deny their fathers '
faith. Of the twelve aldermen in Londonderry, ten were
Presbyterian, and of the thirteen burgesses in Belfast,
nine adhered to the same faith ; and every one of these
resigned his office rather than be false to his convictions.
Adam Murray, the hero of the siege, was compelled to
part company with the horse which had been his faithful
servant and fellow-soldier during that period of agony.
Presbyterian churches were closed. Jonathan Swift had
the bad eminence of nailing up some of them with his
own hand. Ministers were outlawed and imprisoned,
prohibited from meeting in Presbytery or conducting a
service, or performing a marriage ceremony, and were
fined £100 for administering the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper ; bequests were alienated ; the Eighth Command-
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ment was set at nought, the Regium Donum— a Grant
made by William III in recognition of services rendered
to his cause by Presbyterian ministers and their people
—was for the time discontinued; and in the event of a
place of worship being allowed to exist, it was situated
remote from town or village or in some position so ob-
scure and so inaccessible as but too literally to represent
the ' ' Church invisible. ' '
We have an illustration of as pathetic a scene as is
unfolded in the pages of civic or national history—
i t There was a little city and few men within it ; and there
came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built
bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor
wise man and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet
no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I,
Wisdom is better than strength". For though Wisdom
is despised, her day will come if the God of Wisdom
reigns.
Almost two centuries ago, a movement was inaugurated
as remarkable as any in the history of the human race, as
divinely directed as the exodus of the children of Israel
from the house of bondage to a good land and a large,
where they prepared a faith for mankind and a Saviour
for the world. In 1636, a small craft, called the " Eagle
Wing" in anticipation of a swift passage, sailed from
Groomsport near Belfast with one hundred and fifty
passengers— the flower of Ulster's enterprise and faith.
After proceeding twelve hundred miles in the direction
of New England, she was driven back to Carrickf ergus
Bay; the distressed sufferers, who, for two months had
been exposed to most trying and perilous experiences,
assuredly gathering that the way out of Ireland had not
yet been made manifest. Ireland still needed them, and
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there they learned to suffer and be strong. When the
young eagles are ready to fly, the nest will be so stirred up
that they shall be thrust out of it, and compelled to essay
the larger world of sun and sky by the use of wings, of
whose existence they have not dreamed as yet.
In 1718 five ships left Belfast carrying one thousand
persons. Sometimes an entire congregation emigrated,
sometimes as many as seven congregations with their
ministers. During a lengthened period of the eighteenth
century an average of twelve thousand a year left the
land of their fathers for the land of the free. Men sold
their household goods to realize their passage money,
and those who had no money mortgaged their freedom
and their earnings for four years in advance. They
braved the winds and the waves, carrying with them the
blood, and brains, and youth, and strength, and skill of
Ulster to help to make your land what it is today. Their
church they valued above all earthly things and after
their church, in point of worth, came their disjunction-
certificates, which they valued as a traveller values his
passport or a student his parchment. Last month, I
conducted the service in a church, the senior minister of
which had given sixty years of service to one parish. He
informed me that at the beginning of his ministry seven-
teen families left in one day; but not until the Com-
munion season had come round and they had pledged
themselves anew to their Lord and to one another, and
had sung the Paraphrase :—
"I know that safe with Him remains,
Protected by His power,
What I've committed to His trust,
Till the decisive hour.
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Then will He own His servant's name
Before His Father's face,
And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place."
After the benediction, the disjunction-certificates were
tendered to the brethren and sisters, who had worshipped
for the last time in the sanctuary which to them had been
the dearest spot on earth ; and on the following day, they
were convoyed to the sea by their neighbours and their
pastor, who commended them to the care of Heaven.
When men like these went forth, then or in earlier days,
to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio,
or the Carolinas, territories unshadowed by the ecclesias-
tical rule which had embittered their lives on the other
side of the ocean, they proceeded to build their log-
dwellings and their log-sanctuaries, and to sing the
Lord's song in a strange land; and as they sang it, the
land ceased to be strange, for they recognised it as the
Lord's land, which they proceeded to claim for Him.
In 1776, one-third of the population of Pennsylvania
was Ulster-Scot, and one-third of the people of the Colo-
nies was of kindred origin. At the Revolution consid-
erably more than half a million of our people had made
their home here; their descendants in this country are
probably ten times more numerous than all the Presby-
terians in Ireland at the present day, and the tide of emi-
gration is still flowing.
In 1683, Francis Makemie, a native of the County of
Donegal, who at the age of fifteen had been the subject of
a work of grace, who was a graduate of the University
of Glasgow and a licentiate of the Old Laggan Presby-
tery, responded in his twenty-fifth year to a call for help
addressed to that Presbytery by Judge William Stevens
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of Rehoboth on the banks of the Pocomoke in Maryland.
Makemie strengthened the scattered community by his
definite Westminster teaching, organised them into the
Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1706, prepared for the
formation of the first Synod ten years later, and in 1789
for that of the General Assembly, of which John
Rodgers, his compatriot, was Moderator. Makemie died
at the age of fifty, exhausted by labours prosecuted with
the zeal of an apostle and the widened outlook of a states-
man ; for with patriotic eye he surveyed this land from
Barbadoes to Boston, declared that it was "a country
capable of superlative improvement", spent his strength
to accomplish that end, with the result that he has made
every subsequent Presbyterian and American his debtor.
He was not only exhausted on account of his unremitting
labours, his health suffered not a little from persecution
and imprisonment. The then Governor of New York
betrayed his spirit of hostility towards this heroic pio-
neer, who had dared to proclaim the Evangel within his
jurisdiction, by describing him to his official correspon-
dents in London as "a jack-of -all-trades, a preacher, a
doctor-of-physic, a merchant, a counsellor-at-law, and
which is worst of all, a disturber of governments." He
died in 1708 ; and, a century after, a statue of heroic size
was erected over his last resting place in Virginia by
the grateful Church which claims him as her earthly
founder. It is interesting to observe that his daughter
was spared to see the establishment of that civil and
religious liberty, for which he suffered and strove.
When Makemie arrived at Rehoboth— which is, be-
ing interpreted, " There is room"— he was surprised
and delighted to discover William Trail, who had for-
merly been the clerk of the Laggan Presbytery, who was
pursuing quiet pastoral work in the peninsula between
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Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, and who subsequently
became his successor in the ministry of the mother
church of the United States. As soon as the first Pres-
bytery was constituted, Makemie ordained John Boyd,
whose period of earthly service came to a close in the
same year as his own, and whose weather-beaten monu-
ment, with its striking inscription, stands over against
the replica of his own statue in the Witherspoon Build-
ing, Philadelphia. He also brought from the Old Coun-
try, on one of his visits thereto, George McNish and John
Hampton to recruit the slowly growing band of the her-
alds of the Cross on this side of the ocean.
In 1716, William Tennent, a native of the county of
Antrim, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, a
minister of the Episcopal Church, and son-in-law of the
Rev. Gilbert Kennedy, one of our own most distin-
guished ministers, applied to the Presbytery of Phila-
delphia for admission as a member, pleading that Ar-
minian doctrine and ceremonial worship and the gov-
ernment of the Church in which he had been ordained
had "affected his conscience so that he could no longer
abide therein". On being received by the Presby-
tery, he made grateful reply in a speech in the Latin
tongue, elegantly composed and earnestly spoken. Like
his Master, Tennent drew young men unto him ; blessed
the Church of his adoption with his gifts and his devo-
tion; founded "Log College" at Neshaminy, which
Whitefield declared more closely resembled an ancient
"School of the Prophets" than anything he had ever
seen, and which constituted its founder "the Father of
Presbyterian Colleges and Theological Seminaries in
America."
Webster, in his "History of the Presbyterian Church
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in America, from its origin till the year 1760," gives the
biographies of fifty-five ministers of Ulster birth or
origin, more than one-fourth of the entire number serv-
ing the Church during that period. It is admitted that
these men exercised a profound influence, both doctrinal
and constitutional, on the growth and development of the
infant Church. The Adopting Act of 1729, by which the
Westminster Confession of Faith and the Catechisms
were accepted as a confession of the Synod's faith,
brought the American Church into line with the Synod
of Ulster and with the mother Church of Scotland.
Webster, writing in the middle of the last century, de-
clares that Ulster has continued for one hundred and fifty
years to be "the great nursery" of the American Presby-
terian Church. When I think of John Glendy, who was
the minister of the church of my boyhood, who fled from
Ireland in the tragic days of 1798, who became succes-
sively chaplain of the United States Congress and of the
United States Senate, and a minister of great eloquence
and power ; of the incomparable John Hall, who came to
New York in 1867 and exercised a unique influence over
the American Continent, of which every Irish Presby-
terian was so justly proud ; and of the men who in Prince-
ton have greeted me as a fellow-countryman and who are
rendering such splendid service in this vast and high
field, I am convinced that the ministerial succession is
still being well maintained.
The people of Ireland did not lose interest in their
kinsmen across the sea, nor did their kinsmen forget
their friends in the old home. In 1754, the Rev. Gilbert
Tennent, son of the founder of "Log College," presented
to the Synod of Ulster a petition from the Synod of New
York and the Trustees of the College of New Jersey,
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appealing for financial help for that recently established
seat of learning. The Synod of Ulster was unanimous in
granting a collection, which resulted in £500. In 1760,
an address from the Corporation of Philadelphia and
that of New York was presented to the Synod of Ulster,
making an appeal on behalf of distressed ministers and
their families, and on behalf of members of the Church,
held captive by their enemies ; and the sum of £412 was
contributed.
The Governor of Pennsylvania was recently walking
along the banks of the Schuylkill in company with a dis-
tinguished British visitor, who remarked that, according
to tradition, George Washington was able to throw half-
a-crown across the river at its widest point, and who
referred the question to the gentleman supposed to be
possessed of the local knowledge. The Governor replied
that he was not aware of the particular fact, but that he
was convinced of the truth of the general principle that
half-a-crown would go farther in George Washington's
day than in his ! So these two sums, a little less than five
thousand dollars, would go farther in the middle of the
eighteenth century than in the first quarter of the twen-
tieth. America has returned the kindness an hundred
fold ; for ever since, there has been flowing towards our
shores a veritable river of gold, which has gilded and
sweetened the intervening waters, and gladdened many
an Irish heart and home, north and south and east and
west.
We gave one president to the College of New Jersey
in the person of Dr. Samuel Finley, an alumnus of "Log
College/' under whose presidency half the students of
Princeton became subjects of a genuine revival. Dr.
McCosh was accustomed to say that the human body be-
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came completely changed in the course of every seven
years, and, at the end of his first week of years in this
land, he declared himself a genuine American. That
being so, and as he laboured with conspicuous success in
Belfast for seventeen years, I am more than doubly justi-
fied in affirming that in him Ulster gave another, and one
of her most distinguished presidents, to Princeton. The
late President McKinley believed that it would be diffi-
cult to find a single faculty, academic or theological, in the
United States, which did not include one or more Ulster
members. I do not know how many members of the
Princeton Faculty can trace their birth or descent to
Erin, but I know that for a very long time one Irishman
has been a valued member of the Faculty, Dr. George
Macloskie, beloved by his many friends in Ireland as he
is beloved by you.
To Princeton Theological Seminary, we gave the men
who sat at her cradle and nursed her to strength— the
Alexanders and the Hodges, whose names are still borne
by the living and legible in the places of the dead, and
whose form and features are traceable in those who still
survive among us ; and if there is one name, which more
than any other is dear to our ministers and theological
professors, it is the name of Princeton. If there is one
Church of the Presbyterian order which more than any
other loves Princeton theology, it is the Irish Presby-
terian Church, called to maintain an immovable position
between ritualism and Romanism on the one hand, and
rationalism on the other, to uphold the supremacy of
Scriptural revelation, and to be loyal to the doctrines of
Grace— the decas et tutamen of the Church of the living
God— without which we should not feel that we had a
place in the land or a message for the age.
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I find that upwards of one hundred graduates of Irish
universities have, for a longer or shorter period, studied
theology in Princeton ; some of them remaining with you
and some returning to us. I am acquainted with a dozen
of our ministers and missionaries, whose memories of
Princeton are of the most filial and grateful kind, and
who look upon her as being to them the birthplace of a
larger and more consecrated life. In 1851, John Byers,
a son of our Church, graduated from the Seminary, after
pursuing his full theological course. He sailed as a mis-
sionary to the Far East accompanied by his wife, a
daughter of Erin, then in her nineteenth year. After
less than a twelvemonth's service, a breakdown in health
suggested his return to America, which he was destined
never to reach. The extreme kindness received by his
young widow from the members of the Church in the
United States was to her an abiding inspiration. She
returned to her native land with her infant son, now a
man of title and distinction in the academic and medical
world, to found Victoria College and to achieve a work
for the education of women and for the cause of temper-
ance and philanthropy, the far-reaching results of which
we can only inadequately and but partially estimate. Our
most distinguished exponent of Princeton theology was
Dr. Robert Watts, a graduate of the Seminary, who filled
the chair of Systematic Theology in the Assembly's Col-
lege, Belfast, and who revered his preceptors as Saul of
Tarsus revered Gamaliel or as his own students revered
himself.
For myself, I can never speak of Princeton but with
reverence and affection. When a young man leaves the
university, filled with a sense of the wonders of ancient
literature and civilisation, of the discoveries of modern
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science and the daring speculations of philosophy, he
may fancy there is no additional knowledge to be ac-
quired, may become jealous of the suggestion that there is
a faculty as trustworthy as any of those he has been sedu-
lously cultivating, and that there are realities in the
Kingdom which cannot be shaken, more enduring and
more precious than any of those he has been so anxious
to contemplate and appraise. The atmosphere of the
Princeton of my day was a revelation to such a student
and presented to him theology as the true and undisputed
"Queen of the Sciences."
There was Dr. Charles Hodge— clarum et venerabile
nomen— with his look and his life, the transparency and
humility of his nature, his consecrated genius, his wide
and deep learning, his unfailing reverence for the Scrip-
tures as the Word of God, his prayers which were the
constant communing of his soul with the Eternal, made
articulate for the moment and audible in our ears, his
talks in the Old Oratory, his chivalrous devotion to the
Saviour, and the marvellous manner in which he brought
His love and life down into our lives, making us at times
hold our breath and enabling us always to realize the
truth of the poet's words :—
"And warm, sweet, tender, even yet,
A present help is He ;
And faith hath still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee."
There was Dr. W. H. Green, with his profound schol-
arship, his keen appreciation of the issues at stake, his
stern sense of duty and responsibility, his urgency as to
the use of opportunities which never would return, his
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power as a preacher in exposing the sinfulness of sin and
discovering the grace which saved from its guilt and
power, and the place freely accorded him by scholars of
every school of thought, east and west.
There was the beloved Dr. C. W. Hodge, whose lec-
tures hushed his class and frequently made it resemble
more a company of boys gathered round a Communion
Table than aught else. In addition to these, were the
gifted and subtle Dr. A. A. Hodge ; the faithful and con-
scientious Dr. James C. Moffat ; that clear thinker and
most helpful and practical guide, Dr. A. T. McGill ; and
the gentle and cultured Dr. Charles A. Aiken. These
honoured preceptors made upon my classmates and my-
self an impression which will not be effaced till the last
syllable of recorded time. I feel certain that I ought to
submit the tone of high moral and spiritual earnestness
on the part of my fellow-students— with their devotion to
study, their brotherly kindness, their regularity at morn-
ing and evening prayer, their uniform courtesy to the
members of the Faculty and to one another, and the har-
mony which characterized the life of our community—
as being among the most formative and beneficent
influences of the period, the memory of which is to us
all as perfume in the garments.
The prophet in his vision saw a stream issue forth
from under the threshold of the house of Cod, situated
on the mountain top. The stream, flowing with deepen-
ing and widening volume, became a river dispensing
health and plenty along its course ; trees growing on its
banks, whose fruit was for food and whose leaves were
for medicine. It flowed into the Salt Sea, transforming
the source of death into a place of life, revealing a second
heaven in its depths, and crowding its shores with un-
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wonted scenes of happy human activity. There was life
whithersoever the river came. So from this place, there
has gone forth a river of Truth, which has blessed three
and thirty generations of students, who in turn have been
the means of sweetening and sanctifying and comforting
the lives of succeeding multitudes of the children of men
in almost every nation under the sun.
I should like, before I close, to indicate another service
which our people rendered to this Republic. George
Canning, one of the most brilliant of British foreign sec-
retaries, clasped hands with Thomas Jefferson across the
Atlantic in the bonds of international peace, convinced
that Britain and America could stand against the pos-
sible coalitions of the world, and declaring as premier,
"I called a new world into existence to redress the
balance of the old". George Canning only recognised
the existence of the new world and induced George IV to
do likewise in the King's Speech of 1825 ; but the Ulster
Presbyterians did their part in calling that new world
into existence. The National League of Scotland and
Ulster prepared the way for the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. A century after the adoption of the Solemn
League and Covenant by Scotland and Ireland, the Rev.
Thomas Craighead led in its renewal by his people, who,
with uplifted hands, declared their separation from the
Crown which had violated the Covenant. The Mecklen-
burg Convention, which was the outgrowth and embodi-
ment of Craighead's spirit, and which consisted of Ulster
men, announced in 1775 the principles of the Declaration
of Independence before Jefferson stamped its words with
the impress of his genius, or Charles Thompson of Bel-
fast committed it to the handwriting in which it is pre-
served ; before another Ulster man read it to the people,
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or a third gave to it the wings of the press. In that
period of a nation's birthpangs, the Ulster Presbyterians
were American; and in their stand they had the sym-
pathy and the powerful moral support of that illustrious
Irish statesman, Edmund Burke.
The Declaration of Independence gave hope to those
who struggled for justice in Ireland, and the struggle at
length was crowned with victory. We have now religious
equality. Our Church is protected by the law of the
land. Our General Assembly has been visited by the Lord
Lieutenant, a ruling elder of the Church of Scotland,
and by the Countess of Aberdeen. A goodly number of
our ministers have been appointed to act in turn the part
of Chaplain to His Excellency. Our Moderator has equal
precedence with the Archbishops of the other Churches,
and a place is assigned him at State ceremonies. The
" barns" in which our fathers worshipped have given
way to sanctuaries comely and commodious, and in many
instances, to ecclesiastical edifices which are an ornament
to the parish and a feature of the landscape. The use of
hymns and instrumental aid in public worship is now
permitted and is fast becoming the custom, largely
through your example. Our Church House, which com-
prises the various offices of the Church and the Assem-
bly Hall, was opened a few years ago by the Duke of
Argyll at a cost of £80,000 ; and it is the finest building of
its kind in Ireland, and among the finest of its kind in
the world.
We have a mission field at our door, and we endeavour
to approach our fellow-countrymen, not along the lines
of controversy, but along those on which we agree, em-
phasizing the love of God, the Saviour's finished work,
the priesthood of believers, and the supremacy of Scrip-
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ture ; and we have reason to believe that such seed thus
sown yields fruit— especially when it has the opportunity
of germinating and fructifying in the freer atmosphere
of this land.
We follow our kindred to the British Dominions be-
yond the seas by means of our Colonial Mission ; we help
the Reformed Churches on the Continent of Europe ; we
maintain a successful Jewish Mission at Hamburg and
Damascus, whilst our foreign missionary operations in
Kathiawar and Gujarat and especially in Manchuria
have been crowned with remarkable success. Our tem-
perance crusade has received unmeasured stimulus from
the record of your achievements in this momentous re-
form. Our Theological Seminaries, or ' ' Colleges " as we
designate them, were never better manned. From one of
these— that at Belfast, of which Dr. Leitch, one of the
greatest masters of New Testament Greek in the United
Kingdom, is the president— I bear hearty felicitations;
and it is only in a technical sense that I am unable to
render a similar service on behalf of Magee College,
Londonderry.
We have an Orphan Society which provides for the
Church's fatherless or orphan children, an Old Age
Fund for the aged, which is available ten years before
the Government Pension may be obtained, and every
retired minister is secure for life of his manse and at
least £100 a year.
It will be easily understood that we have suffered
during centuries of persecution through persons and
families— unable to brave social ostracism, ambitious to
obtain office or emolument, and not unwilling to sweep
from their pathway any consideration, however sacred,
which blocked their material progress— falling away
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from their ancestral faith and practically confessing the
quixotic nature of their fathers' resistance unto blood
by conforming to the State-endowed type of belief and
worship, under which their fathers' lives were made bit-
ter. The names of such persons bear witness to the con-
trast between their fathers' nobler fortitude and their
own.
Although year by year, we suffer from emigration, by
which we are deprived of the enthusiasm and enterprise
of our youngest and strongest, we do not grudge our
youth to our Colonies nor to this Republic, which our
people regard as almost a second home. Notwithstand-
ing the constant tribute paid by us to the newer countries
of the world, the income of our Church from all sources
for the year 1910-1911 was double that of forty years
ago, and was the largest total ever recorded— amounting
to one million five hundred and twenty-three thousand
eight hundred dollars. We have been enriched by gifts
from our kindred, by bequests for public purposes, by
memorials of utility in memory of departed friends, and
by the enlarged sympathies and most salutary example
of those who return to visit the old land.
Mr. President, there has, of course, been no meeting of
our General Assembly since your kind invitation to take
part in this Centennial Celebration was extended to me ;
had there been such a meeting, I should have been com-
missioned to offer you the most fraternal, or, shall I say,
the most maternal congratulations of our Supreme
Court. If the Lord spare me to return to the opening of
the General Assembly on the third day of June, I shall
have nothing to say which will give me greater pleasure
in the saying of it than that I witnessed this celebration,
met the members of your Faculty, saw five hundred
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Alumni assembled to do honour to their alma mater, and
looked upon the faces of, and exchanged salutations with,
as many members of the class of '78 as have found it
possible to be present. I congratulate you, Sir, whose
name with that of Professor Warfield, is a household
word among us, and whom we regard as one of the great-
est and most brilliant living defenders of "the faith once
delivered to the saints". I not only congratulate you
on what you have done, but I pray also that the desire of
your heart may be abundantly fulfilled as you look to-
ward the future ; that this day, with all its grateful emo-
tions and with all its sanguine hopes, may be but the fair
beginning of a time.
I have not said what I had hoped to say, and I had not
even hoped to say all I felt, for—
"Words are weak, and most to seek
When wanted fifty-fold ;
And then if silence will not speak,
And trembling lip and changing cheek—
There's nothing told."
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CONGRATULATORY ADDRESSES
FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY THE EEVEEEND WILLIAM HENRY EOBEETS, D.D., LL.D.
Stated Clerk of the General Assembly
American Secretary of the World Presbyterian Alliance
IN the name of the General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America, and
speaking for the Committee appointed by the Assembly,
I present congratulations to the oldest and the foremost
of the American Presbyterian theological seminaries.
There was a day of small beginnings, both for the Church
and the institution, but in the kindly providence of God,
both have been prospered, so that today they are in the
vanguard of the hosts of religious progress.
It is to be understood that in congratulating Prince-
ton, the Assembly is not to be regarded as singling the
institution out in any specific manner for special lauda-
tion, but as paying to it a merited tribute of praise and
high regard as the first in a long line of sister seminaries.
The General Assembly, also in congratulating Prince-
ton upon one hundred years of successful service, recog-
nizes that it speaks to the whole body of officers, teachers
and Alumni, for whom the word "Princeton" stands,
and for whom it has a vital and inspiring significance.
Princeton is not only a faculty, and not only a collection
of buildings, but further an idea controlling thought and
act, and set forth not only in documents but also in the
lives of many persons.
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The relation of the General Assembly to the Seminary
is expressed in the Plan of the institution by the state-
ment: "As this institution derives its origin from the
General Assembly, that body is to be considered as its
patron and the fountain of its power."
The cause of the founding of the Seminary by the
Assembly was the fact that there was "a demand upon
the collected wisdom, zeal and piety of the Church to fur-
nish a large supply of able and faithful ministers." At
the beginning of the nineteenth century there was no
sufficient provision for an educated ministry. The As-
sembly, therefore, acting within its constitutional au-
thority, determined to establish "a new institution, con-
secrated solely to the education of men for the Gospel
ministry." The General Assembly of 1811 adopted the
plan for the theological seminary, and distinctly stated
in it the design and purposes in the following terms:
"And to the intent that the true design of the founders
of this institution may be known to the public, both now
and in the time to come, and especially that this design
may at all times be distinctly viewed and sacredly re-
garded, both by the teachers and the pupils of the semi-
nary, it is judged proper to make a summary and explicit
statement of it.
"It is to form men for the Gospel ministry who shall
truly believe and cordially love, and therefore endeavor
to propagate and defend, in its genuineness, simplicity
and fullness, that system of religious belief and practice
which is set forth in the Confession of Faith, Catechisms,
and Plan of Government and Discipline of the Presby-
terian Church, and thus to perpetuate and extend the
influence of true evangelical piety and Gospel order.
" It is to provide for the Church men who shall be able
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to defend her faith against infidels and her doctrines
against heretics.
"It is to preserve the nnity of our Church by educat-
ing her ministers in an enlightened attachment not only
to the same doctrines but to the same plan of govern-
ment. ' '
The location of the institution, which was named in
the Plan, "The Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Church in the U. S. A.", at Princeton, New Jer-
sey, gave to it the name by which today it is known
throughout the world.
The congratulations of the Church are tendered in
view of accomplishment in four lines, the first of which
is the production of "an educated ministry." It is the
glory of the Presbyterian Churches in all lands that they
have always insisted upon an educated ministry. Obedi-
ent to the command to teach all nations, believing in an
open Bible, and in the use of the reason which God has
given man, these Churches have been intolerant chiefly
of ignorance, have erected schools and colleges rather
than cathedrals, and have made the centres of their wor-
ship not altars but pulpits, and exalted their ministers
not as priests but as teachers. Filled with this spirit the
Church founded this institution, and rejoices in the
manner in which the trust reposed in the Seminary has
been fulfilled.
Carrying out the trust imposed by the Church, through
the Assembly, it is recognized that the educational prog-
ress made by the institution has been for the most part
due to its able and scholarly faculties, whose abilities and
wisdom under God have been largely instrumental in the
production of ministers, competent both by abilities,
learning and training, for the high and holy office of am-
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bassadors for Jesus Christ. Beginning with men such as
Archibald Alexander, Samuel Miller and Charles Hodge,
this line of efficient teachers has been distinguished in
every generation for unstinted and eminent service both
to students and to the Church.
The Assembly recognizes also the faithfulness in ser-
vice of the men who by its appointment have assiduously
labored as directors and trustees of the seminary, per-
forming carefully the several duties imposed upon them
by the Church. The results approve them as workmen
not needing to be ashamed.
Another point of congratulation deals with and has to
do with the system of religious belief named in the Plan
of the Seminary and set forth in the Westminster Con-
fession of Faith, whose first and most emphasized doc-
trine is the inspiration and authority of the Bible. The
Confession declares that the Holy Scripture is " the Word
of God written," and all "given by inspiration of God
to be the rule of faith and life." Loyalty to the Bible
as the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and
life, has been a chief characteristic of the teaching of this
Seminary and of the lives of its Alumni. Princeton men
have not treated the Bible as some others do, dealing
with it as if it were a mere human book ; and the reason
therefor is to be found in their recognition of its a priori
claims to reverence and obedience, and the valid criti-
cism of the attitude of their antagonists is to be found
in the belittling by the latter of the controlling super-
natural element in the Book, an attitude which is of the
very essence of a proud unbelief.
Accepting the Bible as the Word of God, Princeton
holds to the Calvinistic System as a whole. Princeton
men are not Calvinists because their fathers were, but
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because they have thought out and fought out for them-
selves the way to the greatest of the facts of the universe,
a sovereign God, an almighty Saviour, and an infallible
Bible. These three facts are the only sufficient solutions
of the mental, moral and spiritual problems which con-
front and trouble mankind. Believing in the universe
as a product of mind, Calvinists realize first of all that,
when the Master of the Universe has points to carry in
His government, He impresses His will in the structure
of minds. And Calvinists believing thus in divine fore-
ordination, require answers, not only as to what they
must believe, but also as to what they ought to do. Once
having come intelligently to the conception of the sov-
ereignty of God in His universe, they accept all the
system of doctrine in Holy Scripture connected with that
sovereignty, and there remains for them only the duty
of obedience to God. Calvinists are men of action as
well as men of faith. And, therefore, Princeton has
prospered.
The Plan of the Seminary also requires the Seminary
to provide for the Church men who shall be able to de-
fend her faith both against infidels and heretics. De-
fenders of the faith, not a few in number, have been
trained in this institution for the service of the Church.
No statement of the Seminary's history can be complete
without the acknowledgment of what has been done by
it in the way of the education of the scholar, not only for
the professor's chair, but for the aggressive dissemina-
tion of the Calvinistic and Biblical system of truth. The
Seminary has sometimes been criticised for endeavoring
to educate " defenders of the faith," but in so doing it
has been simply faithful to its trust. And far more
could have been done, if the Church had provided ade-
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quately for the accomplishment of this duty of the insti-
tution.
The plan of the Seminary also brings out the idea that
it is to preserve the unity of the Church through edu-
cating ministers in an enlightened attachment to the plan
of government of the Church. To representative eccle-
siastical republicanism, of which the American Presby-
terian Church is an example, this institution is devoted.
It has shown this devotion repeatedly in many ways.
The greatest danger in recent years to the Church as to
the State in this land has been found in an excess of in-
dividuality, but of late there has been a tendency to go to
the other extreme, in an excess of corporate organization.
The government of the Presbyterian Church is a reason-
able compromise between the two extremes just indi-
cated. We do recognize individuality, but we also accept
and use those cooperative forces of human society, that
in this generation are the greatest source of profitable
service to mankind in general. There is an individuality
in which self-will is the supreme force, and there is also
an individuality which, overcoming the limitations of
self, finds in the use of great cooperative forces its prin-
cipal source of power, its chief influence, and the high-
est reward of profitable service. The individuality of
self accomplishes but little of far-reaching and endur-
ing value. The individuality which is altruistic makes
for world-wide good. It has given birth to the nation
in things political, it is the strength of the Church in all
its work. The value of this cooperative tendency has
been made clear in this Church for over two hundred
years, and the oldest republic on the American continent
congratulates this institution which today celebrates its
centennial, upon its loyalty to Presbyterian government,
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and in particular to that form of government as it finds
the greatest expression of its beneficent authority and
influence in the General Assembly. That authority and
influence, for instance, has planted and carries on for-
eign missions in fifteen different countries, and has
broadcasted the national territory with missions and
congregations. And this institution has ever been loyal
to the supreme governing body of the Church, and so has
been influential in that general administrative system
which finds, as does the Seminary, the fountain of its
power in the Assembly. This Seminary's loyalty to the
Assembly is loyalty to the Church.
The General Assembly congratulates itself that forty-
three of its moderators have received training within the
walls of this institution, that fully one-half of the leaders
in the missionary and benevolent work of the Church
have sat at the feet of its professors, that out from the
institution have gone hundreds of home and foreign mis-
sionaries, who have carried the gospel to every portion
of our own country and throughout the world, and above
all that here have been trained a great number of the
pastors of the Church through four generations, men
who have built up, energetically and successfully, the
foundations of the Kingdom of Christ in this and in
other lands. No one can estimate the good that has been
accomplished through the ministers educated within
these walls, who serving faithfully in their respective
spheres of labor, have built up Christ-likeness in many
human lives, and have laid the foundations of churches
and organizations which have become powers in the
Church universal.
The Assembly acknowledges gratefully the loyalty of
a wide constituency which, from the origin of the institu-
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tion, has furnished the resources which have enabled it
to maintain with some degree of adequacy the principal
objects for which it was established. It would be invidi-
ous to name the great ones among these benefactors, for
many are they who have contributed, from the Female
Cent Societies of 1815 up to the bequest of nearly two
millions of dollars by one individual. Back of both the
cent and the millions is to be found the spirit of loyalty
to Jesus Christ and His truth.
The Presbyterian Church has never conceived of the
Church of Christ as limited within the bounds of any one
denomination or confined to any one branch of the
Church. Its standards have always maintained that all
who profess the true religion together with their chil-
dren constitute the Church universal. Thus believing it
has acted upon the great motto, "In essentials, unity; in
nonessentials, liberty ; in all things, charity". The doors
of the institution, therefore, have always been open to
students of all the evangelical Churches, and the influ-
ence of the Church through the Seminary has gone out
by many such through the length and breadth of this and
other lands. The Seminary is to be congratulated upon
its catholicity of spirit and conduct.
The Assembly congratulates Princeton and its constitu-
ency upon the hopeful future. We need not fear as to
what the character of that future will be. At times, it is
true, doubts enter into some minds, and pessimistic views
are taken of the outlook. Time and again, however, the
providence of God has vindicated the fidelity of this in-
stitution to the truth in the past, and loyalty to its convic-
tions of truth has brought it prosperity where adversity
was dreaded. What is needed is to stand by the truth with
patient courage and aggressive faith, at no time con-
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trolled by either fears within or fightings without. It
has been said for instance that the principal use of a
conservative was to act as a brakeman. That is not the
fact, and it has not been the fact in the history of the
Presbyterian Churches, except as those who are conser-
vatives have failed "to lift up the hands that hang down
and the feeble knees. ' ' The place of the conservative is
that of the conductor, not of the brakeman. The brake
may need to be applied to a train, but only at the order
of the conductor. The conservative well grounded in
doctrine can lead in all progress along practical lines.
Unhampered by doubts as to what he is to believe, he is
free to do the things for which God's providence opens
the way. And within the Presbyterian Church the lead-
ership belongs to those who are loyal to Presbyterian
principles. Strength of conviction means loyalty, and it
also means respect from men of differing views. Pres-
byterians have always recognized the right of other
Christians to hold strong convictions, and claimed a
similar right on their own part. While with strength
of conviction must always be found that catholicity
which is true Christian charity, it is also true that
Christians must be true to themselves. The primacy
which Princeton has, not only by heredity but also as an
actuality, can be made, therefore, more sure and more
manifest as the years roll on, by its firm adherence to
the fundamentals of the Presbyterian system of doc-
trine.
The Princeton of the future we believe, has a greater
prospect of usefulness before it than has ever been
known in the past. Relying upon Him who is the al-
mighty Father, trusting to the care of Him who is the
divine Saviour, guided by the infallible Word, it will
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increase in true service from year to year to that Church
of Jesus Christ which is the only enduring thing upon
this earth. Men come and men go, but the Church en-
dures. Heaven and earth shall pass away but the Church
shall not pass away. It is deathless with the life of the
eternal God. Serving the Church with fidelity to Christ,
and acting in accordance with the divine law, the devo-
tion of the past and the present will be the inspiration of
the future, and Princeton will earnestly and effectively
do its part in the upbuilding of that temple of living
stones, in the completion of which, the love of God for
the world shall one day find the consummation of its
power, its grace, and its glory.
FROM THE OTHER PRESBYTERIAN
AND REFORMED CHURCHES
BY THE EEVEEEND JOHN CEAWFOBD SCOULLER, D.D.
Pastor of the Fourth United Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Moderator of the General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church of North America
President Patton and friends of Princeton:
IT would seem on such an occasion as this, and in such a
presence, one ought to begin with a quotation from
the Scriptures, yet to do this, in your presence, I am free
to acknowledge, I hesitate. There is a vast difference
between what we say the Scriptures say, and what they
really do say. We may differ in opinion as to what cer-
tain of the Scriptures mean, but theological professors
ought to know at least what they say.
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There is a portion of Scripture which comes to me
from my boyhood that illustrates what I mean. I was
taught to reverence old age, because "gray hairs are
honorable." But in later life, I found that there was a
distinction as I met from time to time some who were
wearing the crown of glory, yet about whom there was
nothing that was worthy of honor; and I was glad to
learn that the quotation was wrong, that the Scriptures
did not take any such position as that, but that the quo-
tation was, "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be
found in the way of righteousness. ' ' We are not called
upon to honor a thing because it is old, but we are called
upon to honor this institution because it has always been
in the way of righteousness. We do honor to ourselves
in honoring it here this afternoon, because behind these
old institutions lies the whole secret, the forceful and
faithful teaching of the science of God.
I have been greatly impressed while walking around
among the University buildings here, and our hearts are
with your new president in the work he has before him.
But when I think of the Theological Seminary with its
special work, the teaching of the science of God, I am
profoundly impressed.
I bring congratulations from our Church, because this
institution, during all this number of years, has stood
for the faithful teaching of this science of God, and it
has, I believe, sought to bring into that teaching all of
the resources of philosophy, metaphysics and kindred
sciences on the ground that a man 's faith in the Word of
God is not shaken on account of this higher learning, but
that it makes him a better witness and better able to tes-
tify to that Word; and he goes forth better equipped
and better prepared for this work.
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We rejoice that this Seminary has stood all these years
for the deity of Christ, for the revealed Word of God,
for the indwelling Spirit, and stood faithful to them
all ; and I bring the congratulations of a Church which,
as you know, believes with you in the higher learning,
and thinks that it has done the very best it could with
the material that has been furnished during all these
years.
In the early history of our branch of the Church, we
built the log-cabin school alongside of the log-cabin
church, and afterwards we built the log-cabin seminary.
We bring the congratulations of a Church which has
thoroughly endorsed the work of this Seminary, a Church
which receives with gratitude everything and everybody
who bears the Princeton hall-mark. We differ from
your branch of the Church not so much in character as
in behavior, and as we read the early history of the
Church in common with your own, for we were one, we
see there were troublous times ; there were circumstances
which called for very wise action on the part of the
leaders of the Church. While your ancestry did not al-
ways agree entirely with my ancestry, it is no puzzle to
those who know these said ancestors.
Mrs. McFadden had invited some friends to her home
one afternoon to enjoy the refreshing shade of her front
lawn. As they were seated together, they heard the
music of a band, and a troop of soldiers marched by.
Mrs. McFadden said, ''That is Company L. My boy
John belongs to that company." As the soldiers came
along, she pointed him out, the fourth man in the third
column, and said, " Isn't he noble and manly?" After
he had gone by, there were a great many complimentary
things said, perforce, about the soldierly appearance of
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the men. Mrs. McFadden said, "I noticed one thing
you may have failed to notice ; in all that marching com-
pany of men, my son was the only man who had the
step ' \ Now, I presume that my ancestry, while they were
very few, rejoiced in the fact that they had the step.
One of the branches of our Church has been called the
"Seceder Church," and as I came to read the history
through, I thought the name was somewhat appropriate.
From time to time, there were a few people who seceded
—dissented and seceded. I think it might fairly be
called the " Church of the Apostolic Secession."
But while we have been such, we were also a Church of
union, as our name bears witness. It is true that
after uniting two branches, it nearly always left three
Churches, each one of which thought it had the step;
but let us hope they were all in the way of righteousness.
Whatever we have been as a Church, whatever we are as
a Church, we owe much to Princeton Theological Semi-
nary, not because she has trained so many of our minis-
try—though she has trained some, of all of whom we are
proud— but because she has had much to do with the
shaping of the course of training in our seminaries. One
of our seminaries— I don't know whether you know it
or not, Dr. Patton— is a few years older than yours ; it
was founded in 1794. But it was not founded with all
wisdom : the influence of the theological teaching of this
Seminary has had much to do with the shaping of the
curriculum in our own Seminary, and we can trace the
trend in its life to this.
We rejoice in this, and we are glad to bring you its
congratulations this afternoon. May the influence of
Princeton abide and be wide-spread.
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FROM OTHER CHURCHES
BY THE EIGHT EEVEEEND DAVID HUMMELL GEEEE, D.D., S.T.D., LL.D.
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
Diocese of New York
Mr. Chairman ; Gentlemen:
I AM surprised and pleased to find in this Presbyterian
assemblage how much at home I am here. You all
seem just like Episcopalians. Whether it is because I
am so much like you or you so much like me I am not
prepared to say. Perhaps because of this somewhat am-
biguous identity on my part I was called up a few days
ago by an enterprising journalist who said that impor-
tant news had just come into that office; the cannibals,
it had just been learned, had eaten two Presbyterian
missionaries, and he wanted to know what I was going
to do about it. There seemed to be nothing to be done,
though I might have said, "Let the good work go on."
Dr. Patton said to me a moment ago that if ever the
Episcopalian Church wanted an archbishop, and he
thought the signs were pointing in that direction, he
would nominate for the office our friend Dr. Eoberts. I
promised him— in fact, I made a sort of contract with
him on the spot— that if Dr. Roberts would become an
Episcopalian we would make him an archbishop. We
don't want an archbishop in the Episcopal Church, but
I thought I was safe in making the promise.
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen : I am glad of the oppor-
tunity this occasion gives me to acknowledge my per-
sonal indebtedness to the Presbyterian Church, if not for
my theological training, at least for some measure of my
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intellectual training. In the college at which I was a
student (not Princeton, but elsewhere), the Exposition
of the Westminster Confession was a prescribed part, at
that time, of the established curriculum, and I had to take
a course in it once every week. Whether my present
soundness in the faith is due to that fact I do not know,
but I do know that it was at the time good mental train-
ing for me. The intellectual discipline which it gave me,
while it did not have the effect to make me in any sense a
great metaphysical critic (which I am not), "profoundly
skilled in analytic," able like Hudibras "to sever and di-
vide a hair twixt sou ' and sou 'west side " ; it did I am sure
sharpen somewhat my limited mental faculties and
give them a finer edge. It taught me how to think.
Professor Tyndall says in speaking of his indebtedness
to Hegel, Fichte and others, that while these eminent
teachers called on him to act he reserved to himself the
privilege of taking his own line of action and of becom-
ing not a philosopher but a scientific student. So, while
that study of the Westminster Confession did teach me
to think, I did not as the result think myself into the
Presbyterian Church, but reserved to myself the privi-
lege of thinking myself more fully into the Church in
which I was born and of which I am still a member.
But I am not here to speak personal words or to give
a personal greeting, but as the topic or toast implies, to
give you greeting in behalf of my own "and all the other
Churches. ' ' I appreciate the compliment with its impli-
cation of a recognition that there is a little marginal
fringe in Christendom beyond the line and border of the
Presbyterian Church. And what shall I say for those
other Churches'? Is there a common bond that binds
them all together and unites them all with you? Most
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assuredly there is. It is the dominion, the personal do-
minion, not of the dead and absent but of the living
Christ, which in spite of all the changes so many and so
great which have taken place in the past has not been
disturbed, but has strengthened and increased and
widened more and more with the "process of the suns."
Whatever their differences may be, it is that personal
dominion of the living Christ which binds them all to-
gether. It is also that personal dominion of the living
Christ which constitutes the distinctive feature of the
Christian religion and that differentiates it from all
other religions. Those other religions survived as reli-
gious codes or systems, but their founders, except as
more or less influential names, have not survived with
them. But the Founder of the Christian religion does
indeed survive, not merely in His teaching, not merely in
His influence, like that "of the sceptred sovereigns who
still rule us from their urns," but as a living Person,
living in His Church, as the power of His Church; its
power in the past, its power in the present, and the power
by which it will not only do its work in the world but will
do the world's work, and which like nothing else will
help to solve the world's pressing and present problems,
social and economic, national and international, or what-
ever they may be.
While therefore in one sense it would be arrogant and
presumptuous for me to venture to speak in behalf of
the Churches of Christendom other than my own, I am
confident that I may do so in the name of that living
Christ whom they all acknowledge, and to whom, in spite
of all their differences, they give their allegiance and
their faith. Those differences do indeed exist. We are
not blind to them. Even Dr. Roberts intimates that there
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are some differences in the Presbyterian Church ; and it
cannot be disputed I think that such differences do exist,
if not in your theology, at least in your theological em-
phasis from that of a hundred years ago when your Semi-
nary was founded. But I am one of those who believe
that these diversities or differences will in time be healed,
and that these discords will at last melt and merge some-
how into a deeper and richer harmony. I certainly do
not wish to repudiate, nor do you, the theology of the
past. We are born of that theology ; it is our inheritance.
We could not repudiate it even if we would. And so with
the living Christ we shall meet the duties of today and the
issue of tomorrow, facing the future, yet planted firmly
on the past ; and so like Dante's pilgrim we shall journey
on and up the rough and rugged mountain side towards
the distant mountain top, with the hinder foot still
firmer.
FROM THE SEMINARIES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY THE REVEREND JAMES GORE KING McCLURE, D.D., LL.D.
President of McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago, Illinois
IT is a great privilege before this remarkable audience
on an occasion of so much significance to attempt to
express the congratulations and good wishes of the theo-
logical seminaries of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America.
There is a sense in which, like Jerusalem which is
from above, Princeton is the mother of us all. We have
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all come to our birth since she entered upon her begin-
ning. We have all been influenced by her methods, her
spirit, her teaching and her successes. In a thousand
ways she has been to us the guide of our youth, the direc-
tor of our manhood and the companion of our maturity.
Her existence is the justification of our own existence.
A new system of training Presbyterian ministers in the
United States came to its initiation in her. That system
in due time secured the approval of the Church. Be-
cause of that approval of the system which Princeton
represented, we had our birth.
All these seminaries come, therefore, today to bring
their greetings to their mother, to lay at her feet their
tribute of gratitude, to express to her their appreciation
of all that she has been to them, and to assure her of their
present and of their abiding affection. Never did chil-
dren gather about a beloved parent in the hour of that
parent's honor with more genuine and more profound
esteem than do the children of Princeton gather about
their mother at this glad time.
If it is a great privilege to speak as the representative
of the theological seminaries in the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America, it is likewise a great
responsibility to attempt in any wise to f orthtell the sen-
timents of their hearts. These seminaries are twelve in
number. Their locations are widely scattered. They
virtually extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast,
covering the intermediate portions of this good land.
One by one, according as the Church has felt that there
was a need, each has arisen to occupy a definite portion
of our territory and attempt the work that seemed to be
needed. We minister both to those whose faces are white
and those whose faces are black, both to those who are
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conversant with the English tongue and to those who are
conversant with the German, Bohemian and other
tongues. The influence of these seminaries extends far
beyond the general locality in which they are placed.
That influence has gone into every portion of the world,
for there is not a nation upon the earth today without
representatives from one or more of these seminaries
who in their places are trying to bring the highest pos-
sible blessings to those about them.
Then, too, this should be noted, that Princeton has
been the one who to so large a degree has contributed her
graduates to the working faculties of these scattered and
useful seminaries. When the full record of this Centen-
nial Celebration shall have been gathered up, it will be
seen that man after man of those who in the later years
of their lives became so thoroughly associated with the
seminaries in which their work was done that men ordi-
narily think of them only in connection with such semi-
naries, received their training and were prepared for
their usefulness in Princeton.
That there are so many seminaries of such diversified
types, with such fields of influence and with such a pro-
duct of helpfulness, is suggestive of the growth that has
taken place in our country since the action of our Gen-
eral Assembly whereby Princeton Seminary, one hun-
dred years ago, became a possibility, and suggestive, too,
of the growth of our denomination, which has spread far
and wide until it covers the land ; and suggestive, also, of
the growth of the system of education itself which first
came to its expression in the founding of this institution.
Theological seminaries are today a fixed part of our reli-
gious life. Toward them the thought and prayer of the
Church turn with confident expectation that they will
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furnish the material whereby the work of saving the
world shall be advanced.
It is noticeable, too, in this connection how few of all
the thousands upon thousands who have been connected
with our seminaries as students have failed to lead help-
ful lives. They have gone to small and large place alike.
They have met every kind of difficulty, and even every
kind of privation. Each one of these seminaries has its
roll of Christian martyrs. Each of them can tell of num-
berless instances in which its graduates have opened
blind eyes, comforted lonely hearts, and led darkened
souls into the light and life of God. There is no such
beautiful product anywhere to be found upon the earth
as the product of theological seminaries. And our hearts
grow warm and our tones tender as we think of this won-
derful privilege, granted to our seminaries, in having
part in the refreshing and saving of humanity.
But beside the privilege and the responsibility of this
hour, there is the humor of it. To think that one indi-
vidual like myself should attempt to speak as the repre-
sentative of all our seminaries when there is such a va-
riety of individuality in these seminaries, in the type of
men constituting their faculties and in the proportions
and emphases of truth which they express !
It is sometimes said of our Presbyterian Church that
one of its great tendencies is to develop individuality.
We liken our Church to a splendid piece of solid hickory.
Hickory is strong, but it splits easily. Our Church, in its
emphasis upon the fact that each one of us finally stands
alone before God in his individuality, creates an atmo-
sphere in which there is danger of great diversity of
sentiment. Besides, we do attempt to explain much of
the workings of the Divine mind. We do not hesitate to
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go back even into eternity itself and deal with what we
call the Eternal Decrees, and that is a long way to go.
There is ever a possibility that one and another may not
follow exactly the same track in getting to the original
sources. And then this, too, is true ; that we attempt to
define very closely. We hold to the general proposition
that it is only through definition that there can be close
and accurate reasoning. But just so soon as we define,
we separate; and separation is bound to produce vari-
eties of interpretation.
Now for me upon this occasion to stand here and at-
tempt to be the mouthpiece of all these seminaries, in all
their varieties of expression, in all their different types
of temperament, in all their definitions, would be a most
hazardous undertaking. I am afraid that Bedlam would
be quietness itself compared to the scene which would
ensue, if I, on my own responsibility, should have the
audacity to make a brief statement of the faith of all
these seminaries and of the individual members of their
faculties and lay it before this audience at this time !
And still these varieties of expression are evidences of
our fidelity to convictions. There could be nothing so
serious to the welfare of the world as to have all our
seminaries cut exactly upon the same pattern. Men can-
not be true to themselves, to their times, to the needs of
their localities and put into formulated statement with
the same degree of emphasis and proportion their reli-
gious beliefs. Ours is a very comprehensive Bible.
James and Paul are in it, though at first glance to some
minds they might seem quite apart the one from the
other. Ours is a comprehensive Confession of Faith.
The long debates that led up to its acceptance did not
and could not cause all minds to acquiesce in the ipsis-
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sima verba of one another's views. Ours is a compre-
hensive Church, and men of different births, of different
spiritual experiences, of different attitudes toward meth-
ods of evangelization are bound to arise, and our glory
is that these seminaries aim to meet all needs and to send
out men prepared to carry their own special messages
to the needy hearts of mankind.
So there is to my own mind great felicity in this op-
portunity. Variety expresses itself here and now in har-
mony. We are one in our purpose. There is not a single
divergence from fidelity to our testimony to the great-
ness, the goodness, the lovableness of God. Princeton
has always made God large. So each of us and all of us
in our special lines intend to lift God before the world in
such a way that all shall see His matchless majesty and
goodness, and shall be drawn to adore and serve Him.
When Dr. Charles Hodge was here, his opening prayer
in the classroom was again and again offered with a
tremulous tone, while the tears flowed down his cheeks.
As he drew near to the God whom he reverenced and
loved, his heart was submerged with tenderness and de-
votion. Such a God, sovereign indeed of heaven and
earth, creator and ruler of all He has made, than whom
there can be no other, making Himself known in the
fulness of His benignity in Jesus Christ, is the God that
each seminary exalts.
We are one, too, in the fact that we never overlook
in any wise, the nature, the place, the power and the guilt
of sin, nor do we ever overlook or in any wise minimize
the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, God's Son, our
Lord and Saviour, who came into this world to bear the
sins of God's people, and to bring us into harmony with
the Father. Nor do we ever overlook or minimize in any
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wise the convicting, regenerating and sanctifying grace
of the Holy Spirit. Every one of us holds to the unique
place of the Bible. It is our authority. Every problem
of philosophy, every problem of life, is tested by the
Holy Scriptures. Nor does any one of us fail in loyalty
to the Presbyterian Church, whose children and servants
we are.
As we are one in our purpose, we are all one in our
gratitude. We thank God that Princeton has always had
convictions which she has never hesitated to avow. We
thank God for the scholarly methods which have always
characterized her teaching. We thank Him too for the
scholarly requirements which she has demanded of those
who have been prepared by her for the gospel ministry.
The mere mention of these causes of gratitude is sug-
gestive of what uncertain results would have followed to
the Presbyterian Church and to the Church of God
throughout the world if Princeton had not been distin-
guished in these lines.
Where shall we stop in speaking of our gratitude?
Who can be so appreciative of the men who have served
in Princeton's Faculty as ourselves who in our own fac-
ulties recognize the temptations and the difficulties of
theological education? We bless God with overflowing
hearts for the generations of instructors who have suc-
ceeded one another through these one hundred years, and
who have left an indelible stamp of goodness and great-
ness upon our Church and upon the world. Nor can I
omit to express gratitude for those who in the position
of directors and of trustees have nourished this institu-
tion, have strengthened its life and have given it increas-
ing development for good. And once again my heart
glows with thankfulness as I think of the multitudes of
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students who having been made ready in this institution
have gone like rays of sunlight wherever the darkness of
sin is, to chase away the shades of night, and bring the
world into the light of God's eternal day.
As we are one in our common purpose and in our
common gratitude, we are also one in our common wish.
That wish is that God may look with constant and
abounding favor on this institution as it enters into the
new century; that Princeton's graduates who are here
today, and those who are elsewhere throughout the
world, may always have the seal of God's blessing on
their hearts, homes and work ; that this institution, with
each new year of its life, may see more clearly and more
deeply into the eternal verities, and may be used by God
increasingly to the bringing in of that time when every
knee shall bow in the name of Jesus Christ, and the king-
doms of this world shall become the Kingdom of our God
and of His Christ.
And to His name shall be all the praise.
FROM THE SEMINARIES OF OTHER CHURCHES
I
BY THE EEVEKEND WILLISTON WALKER, Ph.D., D.D., L.H.D.
Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History
Yale University Divinity School
, New Haven, Connecticut
WERE this an occasion commemorative of Prince-
ton University, instead of the Centennial of
Princeton Theological Seminary, I should be tempted to
make large assertions of Yale ownership, if not in pres-
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ent successes, at least in educational origins. I should
not merely claim its first three presidents, Jonathan
Dickinson, Aaron Burr and Jonathan Edwards as sons
of Yale, but I should look upon some portion at least of
its material structure as belonging to Connecticut as I
recall that, in 1753, when the legislature of New Jersey
proved an unsympathetic step-mother, that of Connecti-
cut granted aid to the then struggling college by a lottery
"for the encouragement of religion and learning" as the
act ran.
Yet even in Princeton Theological Seminary, I would
claim for Connecticut a certain share, for it was in a Gen-
eral Assembly in which the Congregational churches of
Connecticut were then regularly represented that your
foundations were laid. I remember, also, as a represen-
tative of Yale, that President Theodore Dwight Wool-
sey, whose name is venerated among us, had his
theological training in Princeton Seminary. As a Con-
gregationalist, moreover, I rejoice to recall that it was
the example of a Congregational Theological Seminary
—that of Andover— that in some measure stimulated the
endeavors, the fruition of which a century ago we now
commemorate. We have not always looked at Christian
truth from the same angle of vision. Yale and Princeton
have had their dissimilarities theologically as in other
respects. But deeper than any differences of interpre-
tation has been, I believe, a profound similarity in desire
to know the truth and to advance the Kingdom of God
by loyal service to our common Master, the ever-living
Christ.
It is not only as an official representative of Yale and
of its department of theology, but in an unofficial sense
as a messenger of Congregationalism, and of theological
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training far wider than the Congregational field, that I
wonld bring you heartiest congratulations. What a
wealth of hallowed memories a hundred years involves.
What consecrated service by good men living and dead.
What hopes and labors and prayers. What a host of
servants of God have here had their preparation for
their work and their stimulus to consecrated endeavor.
Well may you rejoice that the providence of God has led
you thus onward in ever increasing usefulness these hun-
dred years.
Our thoughts on such an anniversary turn naturally to
the past. It is with the achievements of the century just
closed that we have chiefly to do. But we should be un-
worthy sons of those who laid the foundations in their
poverty, rich only in faith in God, if we in our time
failed to have something of their breadth of vision and
willingness to meet enlarging needs. In a real sense they
were Christian pioneers. They saw that the churches
needed a better trained ministry. They felt that the pro-
visions of the past were inadequate to the demands of
the present. They began their work with courage and
with determination to equip the servants of the churches
more perfectly for their tasks. The century that has
gone has witnessed a constant enlargement in the oppor-
tunities of Christian service. Once it was sufficient to
train for the pulpit only. Then came the demand for
missionary preparation. Now religious education and
social betterment in the name of Christ are knocking at
our doors. The conception of the ministry is widening
as the Church becomes increasingly conscious of the mul-
tiformity of its mission. It must have its pastors and
missionaries. It needs its teachers and its social workers
in town and country no less.
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If we would have men a hundred years hence look back
upon us with something of the honor with which we now
reverence the founders of American theological educa-
tion, we must have something of their largeness of out-
look. We must see the needs of our times as clearly as
they saw the necessities of theirs. We must plan with
equal courage to meet the demands which are upon us.
As they enlarged the opportunities for ministerial train-
ing beyond what had satisfied the age before them, so
must we go forward. A training for wider service, in
many differentiated forms, must be our ideal. Theologi-
cal education cannot rest where it now stands, if we are
to have the spirit which led them to plan their mighty
advances. The task before us is to make our schools
more adequate to meet the needs of the century in which
we live.
But on this festal day our chief thoughts are of rejoic-
ing and of congratulation. As members of a sisterhood
of schools for ministerial training we bring our heartiest
greetings to the Theological Seminary of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States of America. The
good hand of God has led you through a hundred years
of service. Loyal devotion and grateful recollection look
to you this day from all over this land and from coun-
tries beyond the seas, and joy with you. May He who
inspired the founders, and has so prospered their work,
grant you in increasing measure His favor in the years
to come. May Princeton Theological Seminary have an
ever larger share in bringing on the glad time when the
Redeemer's Kingdom " shall have dominion from sea to
sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth".
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FROM THE SEMINARIES OF
OTHER CHURCHES
II
BY THE EEVEEEND EDGAE YOUNG MULLINS, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I WISH to acknowledge the great honor conferred
upon me in being asked to represent the theological
seminaries of the Baptist denominations on this most
interesting and notable occasion, and I rejoice to bring
to Princeton the congratulations of the ten or twelve
Baptist seminaries in the country.
I must, in a very few minutes, catch a train for an
engagement very much like this in another theological
seminary, and really I feel that what I have to say might
be eliminated from this programme. I feel very much
like the minister who got a note one Sunday as he was
about to begin his sermon. His wife had reached the
church, and had seated herself in a crowded pew, when
she remembered she had left the roast beef on the gas
stove, and knew that unless the meat was taken off that
there would be no roast beef for dinner. But, with the
usual resourcefulness of the pastor's wife, she wrote a
note and handed it to her brother, who was an usher,
and he, with the usual instinct of an usher, took it to the
pastor, supposing it was a pulpit notice. And just as the
good man was all athrob with the magnificent message
that he was to deliver, he opened and read this note, "Go
home and turn off the gas. ' '
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I am not quite sure but that the reverse of that would
be in order at this time, turn off the gas and go home. I
have allowed me ten minutes. It is a serious problem
how I should utilize it. I feel, from the Baptist's point
of view, I might try to stimulate the Presbyterian con-
science as to the greatness of the achievements of Pres-
byterianism during the last one hundred years, but from
the addresses I have heard, I do not think you need any
stimulus of that kind. I did think of speaking, how-
ever, on another line which has been greatly neglected
during these two days, viz., Calvinism; but that is too
large a theme for a man to undertake to discuss in ten
minutes in the absence of previous discussion on the pro-
gramme. By the way, that is no reflection on Calvinism.
I learned Calvinism in Princeton Theological Semi-
nary—I didn't come here as a student, but my teacher
of theology did. James P. Boyce, founder of the South-
ern Baptist Theological Seminary, was an alumnus of
Princeton; he taught me theology. He was one of the
greatest leaders the South ever had. Basil Manly, a pro-
fessor of the institution of which I have the honor to be
president, was an alumnus of Princeton Theological
Seminary. So Princeton is a household word in the
circle of the institution with which I am connected. It
is a special joy, therefore, for me to bring you greetings
from our Faculty, and representatives of the Baptist in-
stitutions of the country. I will not attempt, in these
few minutes, to indicate what we, of the Baptist semi-
naries, feel by way of appreciation of the work done by
Princeton. However, if I were to attempt to do this,
I would sum it up in this : three perils which Princeton
has avoided, and three conditions which she has fulfilled
for a triumphant Christianity.
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In the first place, and briefly, the three perils Prince-
ton has avoided. First, the peril of reducing Christian-
ity to the vanishing point in the form of an essence. You
have taken the thing itself and not the mere essence of
it. With you, Christianity has been a voice, and not a
scientific echo of a voice; nor a humanitarian echo of
an echo of a voice. John the Baptist crying in the
wilderness was a voice. What we want is a voice and
what the world must have is a voice if it is to have a feel-
ing of the power of God in its heart.
Another peril Princeton has avoided, as we interpret
it: it has not eliminated the positive note from Chris-
tianity. We believe, and you believe in the open mind
and the freedom of investigation, but you have appre-
ciated the fact that no preaching that has power can be
without the positive note. You will not do much with
sinners preaching a gospel to them which says : - ' Except
ye repent"— as it were— "and believe the gospel"— so
to speak— "you will be damned"— in a measure. That
sort of a message does not carry and will not win. Again
you have avoided the peril of defining Christianity as
esthetical instead of moral and spiritual. Inclination
and taste do not determine what the world is. With you,
religion has been a form of the real, an order of fact ; it
has been based upon the eternal God and upon the God
in the human soul. I cannot elaborate this.
The three conditions which we think this institution
has fulfilled and which are the essence of this triumphant
Christianity are these :
First, with you, Christianity has been a message
rather than an inquiry. I do not say it may not be both,
and certainly I am the last man to say inquiry is not in
order in any sphere, but Christianity, to be a power,
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must be a message. Your Dr. van Dyke said the coat-of-
arms of the present age is three bishops prone and above
them an interrogation point rampant. Princeton has
not adopted that coat-of-arms. Christianity to be a
power must be a message. In order to have a fact, there
must be definiteness. The soul cannot feed on abstrac-
tions. Just as a bird cannot fly in a vacuum, nor a tree
root itself in a fog bank, nor a vine climb a moonbeam,
so the soul cannot subsist upon a mere abstraction about
God and about religion.
Christianity and religion are a form of the real, and,
in a scientific age, the man who says you cannot know,
the man who puts an interrogation point before the great
realities of religion, is predestined and foreordained
from the foundation of the world to be defeated in his
effort to defend religion at all.
For an age that has been nurtured at the breast of
physical science has been taught to love the living and the
true, and unless religion is brought inside the category
of reality and truth, religion is doomed. And we and
you believe religion belongs to an order of fact, co-ordi-
nate in worth as order of fact, as real, as autonomous, as
authoritative as physical science in its own sphere, or
any other department of human investigation. You have
fulfilled that condition. Christianity with you is, first, a
message ; second, it is an experience. A message without
an experience behind it is powerless. It is only the expe-
rience that can give momentum to the message. It is
utterly impossible for theology to accomplish anything
unless behind it is a life ; so I say, as we understand you,
you have stood for that.
Imitation Christianity has lost its power ; mere creedal
Christianity has lost its power— a gold piece is worth
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more than a brass piece, but an imitation gold piece isn't
worth any more; Beethoven's compositions have more
music than ragtime, but the mere notes of the two have
no difference so far as they are printed on the page; a
fire has more heat than an iceberg, but the picture of a
fire has no more heat than the picture of an iceberg. I
say reality is the key-note, and without it our creeds
come to naught.
Princeton has also stood for the conviction that there
must be messengers who embody the message and the
experience. I cannot elaborate; that I leave with you.
These are the three fundamentals of triumphant Chris-
tianity which we believe you have fulfilled. The trav-
eller in the Alps, around the valley of Chamonix espe-
cially, is struck by the fertility of all the region. He does
not understand the source of all this fertility until he
discovers the many streams which flow down Mt. Blanc,
which lifts its head fifteen thousand feet in the air,
snow-crowned eternally. As Mt. Blanc enriches the
valleys so Princeton Seminary has stood like Mt. Blanc
among the seminaries of this country. In a thousand
ways, you have not known, she has sent down her largess
of blessing into the valleys, and we rejoice in what she
has done. And the reason Mt. Blanc can thus bless the
valleys is because she lifts her head to the very skies
where, from the inexhaustible heavens themselves, she
draws her supply, and so Princeton has drawn her sup-
plies from the eternal sources.
So we join you today, O Princeton, in doing honor to
Him whose name is above every name to us, for He is
the centre of all experience for us. He is the problem
that is at the core of philosophic thought ; He it is with
whom men must reckon.
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Majestic sweetness sits enthroned
Upon the Saviour's brow;
His head with radiant glories crowned,
His lips with grace o 'erflow. ' '
I join with you in saying—
No mortal can with Him compare,
Among the sons of men ;
Fairer is He than all the fair
That fill the heavenly train. ' '
FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
BY THE EEVEEEND JOHN GRIER HIBBEN, Ph.D., LL.D.
President of Princeton University
Mr. Chairman, President Patton, men of Princeton, both
of the University and of the Seminary :
I AM speaking this afternoon not only for the present,
but also for the past. Many voices come to us today,
long since stilled, it is true, but eloquent in our memory ;
I speak not only for Princeton University, but by virtue
of our historical continuity, also for the College of New
Jersey, and back of the College of New Jersey, the Log
College, and back of the Log College, the school house on
the hills of Scotland and of Ulster in Ireland.
I am aware of the fact, and, indeed, it is one of our
most cherished possessions, that the men who founded
the College of New Jersey were men of the same spirit
and of the same faith who founded the Princeton
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Theological Seminary one hundred years ago, and the
names that are conspicuous in the history of this last
century, intimately associated with the Theological
Seminary, are names to be found on the roll of the Col-
lege of New Jersey and Princeton University; the
Greens, the Alexanders, the Millers, the Hodges and all
the long roll of honor, which I have not time to repeat
name by name. There has been a close connection of
friendly affiliation between our two institutions, but at
the basis of it all is the foundation of a common faith
and a common hope.
With that as our present day inheritance, upon this oc-
casion, we, who are here representing the present Prince-
ton University, pledge you that we will endeavor, so far
as lies within us, to preserve the faith and hope of our
fathers and to remain true to the gospel which they pro-
fessed.
As president of Princeton University, I am not only
representing today the various branches of the Presby-
terian Church, but I represent all the denominations, I
think, which are also represented in your gathering
here, all the Churches that have come to bring their
greetings to Princeton Theological Seminary. We, in a
broad spirit of tolerance, uphold the ideals of the Chris-
tian faith in Princeton University, not in the name of
any one denomination, but with a catholicity that ex-
tends a welcome to all the sects of Christendom. There
has been a note sounded throughout this celebration of
Christian unity, and we can, I believe, in Princeton Uni-
versity, furnish a contribution towards this end ; because
there we are able to bring together these various faiths of
Christendom.
The point of contact between the University and the
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Theological Seminary today is that of the department of
philosophy. It is in the department of philosophy that
most of the Seminary students come to us as graduate
scholars ; it is in the department of philosophy that the
questions emerge which are the great central questions,
not merely of the theology taught by Princeton, but the
great central questions of life. And I wish to state to you
who are here today, that as regards the teachings of
Princeton University, we stand for a spiritualistic phi-
losophy in an age of materialistic and utilitarian creeds.
By spiritual philosophy I mean that we would interpret
the great central humanizing power of the universe not
merely in terms of Force or of Power— spelling these
words, if you please, with capital letters— but in the
name of a person, a person like ourselves.
I am not afraid, gentlemen, of the charge of anthropo-
morphism that is so often made. It is urged upon us
that we should abstractly interpret God, and that we
should assign to Him only negative attributes. When
we take the sum total of negative attributes, however
many there may be, the sum always amounts to zero. In
the place of that interpretation we would put that of the
personal significance of God, a spirit whom we can wor-
ship in spirit and truth. I am not afraid of interpreting
God according to the highest and best and noblest that
we find in human nature; man who was made in the
image of God must be, in the last analysis, the standard
for the interpretation of God. And that is not humaniz-
ing the Divine. It is because we recognize in our con-
sciousness the divine spark, and where we find it aflame
in the highest and noblest quality of man, we may take
that as an indication— an intimation, if you please— an
intimation, if not a definition, of the nature of God. I
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refer particularly to man as a purposeful being, man as
you find him today, dominating the whole face of the
earth. God as a person is a God likewise purposeful in
the universe. Man is not like the plants and animals,
incapable of adapting his environment to himself and
compelling his surroundings. I am not speaking of his
physical surroundings, but of the moral and mental and
spiritual surroundings of his life. Is it not the great
glory of these men who have gone out from this Seminary,
as they were praised yesterday afternoon, that they have
not accepted the environment of the world, but have
gone to the very ends of the earth with the one purpose
of creating the moral, mental and spiritual environment
in which the light of reason might shine forth and the
goodness and glory of God be manifest ?
The great strife today in philosophy is in reference to
the doctrine of personality; it is not merely whether
there is a personal God in the universe, but whether in
the heart of the human being there is a person or only a
state of consciousness.
We stand, in Princeton University, for the central
doctrine of personality, that the man is a soul, that he is
a person in a universe of persons. And the one doctrine
today that grows out of this, which we must insist upon, is
that the persons of the world are bound together in one
great family, that we are all one organization. We can-
not say to man, "Go out into the world and follow the
law of the animal and plant evolution ; go into the world
with one creed, one idea, of the survival of the fittest;
do what you please, do your own work, push forward,
and let the devil take the hindmost." We insist that
this is not the doctrine of life. It is not the survival
of the fittest; it is that other doctrine which has come
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down to us from the beginning of the Christian centuries,
that man is in this world, like his Master, "Not to be
ministered unto, but to minister. ' ' These are some of the
fundamental doctrines that our philosophy has empha-
sized, and we believe finally, that all philosophical
thought culminates in some great system of ethics, the
philosophy of conduct, and that we cannot have a phi-
losophy of conduct, as a great German philosopher once
insisted, without presupposing the fundamental postu-
lates of God, of freedom and of immortality.
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RESPONSE TO CONGRATULATORY
ADDRESSES
BY THE REVEREND FRANCIS LANDEY PATTON, D.D., LL.D.
President of the Seminary
MY dear friends, it is the duty of a well instructed
host to " speed the parting guest", and so I am not
intending to inflict upon you anything in the way of a
long speech, but it is my privilege to say a word or two
before we separate.
There has been going through my mind, during the
delivery of these excellent speeches to which we have
been listening, a verse of the old Scottish version of the
133rd Psalm:
"Behold, how good a thing it is,
And how becoming well ;
Together such as brethren are,
In unity to dwell. ' '
And amid all the theological diversities and the ecclesias-
tical differences that have been manifested here, it has
been delightful to think of the pervasive spirit of unity
that has characterized our celebration. Not that I, for
a moment, feel that it is in any sense derogatory to one's
position or that it interferes at all with the larger charity
we should have, to feel an interest in a particular form
of belief, to have theological preferences, or even to par-
ticipate, for that matter, in theological controversy ; for
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I remember reading, a great many years ago, a very
interesting book by the Earl of Crawford, the spirit of
which is very well indicated by its title, "Progress by
Antagonism". I think the world owes a great deal to
theological controversy. Creed-statements, it is true,
have been monuments built upon the battlefields of faith.
They commemorate victories : but they also serve to pro-
mote peace ; for they indicate the points in which Chris-
tians agree as well as the matters in which they differ.
I think I represent— I am speaking personally now, I
don't pretend to be official about it— but I think that I
am the very embodiment of broad church theology in the
best sense of that phrase when I say that I haven't any
kind of prejudice against any kind of belief that in any
kind of way conserves anything that is of intrinsic inter-
est and permanent value to mankind; and it is one of
the interesting things connected with this celebration
that so many men of so many phases of Christian belief
have come here to join us on this Centennial occasion.
There are times when it is important for us to emphasize
points of difference between those who profess and call
themselves Christians ; times, that is to say, when we feel
specially called upon, whatever be the denomination to
which we belong, to protest against what we conceive to
be error. This, however, is an occasion when it is fitting
that we should recognize our points of agreement and
rejoice that we hold so much theological territory in com-
mon. We have been very much gratified by letters of
congratulation we have received from our friends in this
country and our friends across the sea, in fact from all
parts of the world. Not the least gratifying by any
means are those that have come to us from Roman Catho-
lic institutions, regretting that they could not be with us,
expressing the fact that, of course, they differed with us
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and we with them, but at the same time recognizing the
service that Princeton has done in the world in certain
phases of scientific theology. I wish that representatives
from some of these institutions had been with us today—
and there is one such representative— for if they had
been, I would have said, "Now, my friends, you know I
differ with you a great deal, but I want to tell you that as
between the present Pope of Rome and the Modernists,
I would vote for the Pope of Rome every time. ' ' I will go
farther and say, that should there ever come a day when
men use the sacred name of Jesus to disguise sentimental
atheism, we shall have reason to reckon among the im-
portant forces in the religious world those organizations
which lay special emphasis upon the first article of the
Apostles' Creed, "I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth". I want to say that so far as
the theology of Princeton Seminary is concerned— and
I admit that its peculiarities have not been brought into
the foreground during this celebration— I think you will
go away with the conviction that at all events, it is not
yet actually dead. I do not think that it is even mori-
bund, but I wish to say that, if it should die and be
buried, and in the centuries to come, the theological
palaeontologist should dig it up and pay attention to it,
he will be constrained to say that it at least belonged to
the order of vertebrates.
Oh, gentlemen, you who have come to us over long dis-
tances by land and sea, you who have come to us from
other Churches with varying theological convictions, you
who have come back to sit under the old roof -tree once
more and to get fresh inspiration from the old Mother,
we thank you for coming; you have made us glad that
you have been here, and now, as you go away, God speed
you on your journey and God bless you in your work.
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